Paraguay
Geography: Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America. It is located in the Southern Cone region, and it is a relatively small country. It is bordered by Bolivia to the north and northwest, Brazil to the northeast and east, and Argentina to the southeast, south, and west. The Paraguay River runs through the country from north to south, separating it into two distinct regions: the Region Oriental (Eastern Region) and the Region Occidental (Western Region). The Western Region is also called Chaco Boreal. The climate of Paraguay’s East Region is mostly subtropical, as it is mainly south of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is strictly tropical in the Chaco Boreal, which is north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Temperatures in the East Region
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Most of the citizens are Mestizo (a mix between European and Indian ancestry) and they pride themselves on their Guarani descent. 300,000 Brazilians, most of whom were farmers, immigrated to the East Region in the 1970s due to the less expensive land in Paraguay. Immigrants have come from all over the world, and in places like Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. There are about 30,000 German speaking Mennonites in Paraguay, half of whom live in the Chaco. Indians make up 2 percent of Paraguay’s population, including the Ache, Chirpa, and Mbya in the East in addition to the Toba, Maskoy, and Lengua in the Chaco. Of course, there are other small Indian groups scattered throughout the country, although they face possible “extinction.” Many Indians receive support from missionary groups, as well as the Paraguayan Indian Institute. Nine-tenths of the population of Paraguay is Roman Catholic, with a minority of evangelical Protestants. The constitution, however, recognizes no official language which emphasizes their independence from the Roman Catholic Church. Social life in Paraguay revolves around the family, as godparents take over for the children if the parents are no longer able to provide for their children. Many of Paraguay’s values regard family, and family in itself is a large value to Paraguayan culture. Families eat meals together, which consist of traditional Guarani food …show more content…
It is made up of three separate powers, the legislature, executive, and the judiciary bodies. The constitution written in 1967 was replaced recently by a new constitution composed in 1992. The new constitution states that Paraguay is a representative and pluralist democracy, and that the government carries out separate deeds in each body. The President is elected by majority vote for a five year term, as is the legislative body that is Congress. The judicial system is headed up by the Supreme Court, who is chosen by the Senate and the President. Paraguay’s local government is divided up into departments, as each department is divided into districts. Political parties in Paraguay are fairly new, as the Colorado Party (more formally known as the National Republican Association) had remained in power continuously until 2008. Prior to this time, General Alfredo Stroessner’s rule kept the parties under strict control and close watch. Paraguay’s military consists of an army, a navy, and an air force, all of which had to have membership to the Colorado Party until 1992 when the new constitution banned having any involvement in politics or political activities. Many of the diseases we don’t think about anymore still exist in the world to this day. Measles, tuberculosis, dysentery, and hepatitis are all prevalent in Paraguay, as a result of limited public health services. Education in Paraguay is
The republic of Colombia has been fighting an internal war for over 50 years. On April 9th 1948, 1:00P.M. The leader of the Liberal Party Jorger Eliecer Gaitan walked out of his office in the downtown area, got shot 3 times and died once he got to the hospital. This day went down in Colombian history as the Bogotazo. Gaitan was a moderate socialist congressman that gave a voice to the middle and lower classes in Colombia. He gave hope to those that had nothing under the right wing elitist government. In 1948 after his death, the era of the Violencia started. A civil war between the Colombian communist party and the farmers against the right wing military conservative government due to the high inflation and unfair assistance to those that
Colombia lies in the northern most part of South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea the Bogota is the capital of Colombia. Bordering between Panama and Venezuela and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. The size of Colombia is 1,138,910 square kilometers less than three times the size of the state of Montana. Mainland territory divided into four major geographic regions. Andean highlands are composed of three mountain ranges and overriding valleys and Caribbean lowlands; Pacific lowlands; and llanos and tropical rainforest of Eastern Colombia. Colombia also has small islands in both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Climate in Colombia has unique variety in temperature resulting in changing differences in elevation not much seasonal variation. The rocky terrain cut by large rivers that flow into the Caribbean the Pacific. The Amazon and the Orinoco facilitates the construction of enormous reservoirs, which have steadily increased the country’s generation of energy and supply of drinking water.
...southwest, near the Guatemala border, close to the most important Indian centres of the pre-Columbian period. Small, isolated groups of non-Spanish-speaking Indians—such as the Jicaque, Miskito (Mosquito), and Paya—continue to live in the northeast, although their numbers are declining. Of the total population, about nine-tenths is mestizo. Blacks of West Indian origin and Garifuna make up a significant part of the population along the Caribbean coast, an area where English is widely spoken.
Williams, John Hoyt. 1976. Observations on the Paraguayan Census of 1846. The Hispanic American Historical Review , Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 424-437 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2514374 (accessed January 21, 2012).
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Originally racial designators, the terms mestizo and Indian have lost almost all of their previous racial connotation and are now used entirely to designate cultural groups. Historically, the term mestizo described someone with mixed European and indigenous heritage. Mestizos occupied a middle social stratum between whites and pure-blooded indigenous people (see Socieconomic Structures, ch. 1). Whites themselves were divided into criollo (those born in the New World) and peninsular (those born in Spain) subgroups. In contemporary usage, however, the word mestizo refers to anyone who has adopted Mexican Hispanic culture. Seen in this cultural context, both those with a solely European background and those with a mixed European-indigenous background are automatically referred to as
First, is essential to understand Paraguay people and society as well its demographic in order to fully understand the culture. Paraguay is a South America country that is land lock between Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil. Its estimated population of Paraguay is around 6,623,252 people. Most of the population is concentrated in the southern part of the country. Asuncion is the metropolitan capital and largest city of Paraguay, where the national government is located. They have two official languages which are: Spanish and Guarani. The most common religion is Roman Catholic with 90% of the population. Paraguay falls below from the average Latin America countries in several socioeconomic categories, which include the immunization rates, sanitation, potable water, and secondary school enrollment. Also, poverty has been an issue over the last 10 years and remains high especially in the rural areas. However, in recent years many regions have been improving in terms of housing quality, potable water, electricity and phone service. Also, the fertility rate is declining significantly, “from an average 4.3 births per woman in the late 1990s to about 2 in 2013, as a result of the greater educational attainment of women, increased use of contraception, and a desire for smaller families among young women.” (CIA, GOV)
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