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Paraguay’s Boom Has Yet to Fully Deliver

A year after reaching investment grade, the country is growing fast but many Paraguayans feel left behind.
Yahoo

Paraguay's Ciudad del Este: Efforts to force a busy informal commercial hub to follow global trade rules have only made life harder for those eking out a living

Vendors at work on a bustling Ciudad del Este street packed with stalls. Jennifer L. Tucker, CC BY-ND Paraguay’s Ciudad del Este is a busy South American contraband hub where scrappy Paraguayan ...
Houston Chronicle

Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guaraní, a language of roots and soul

LOMA GRANDE, Paraguay (AP) — When it came time to choose a wedding venue, Margarita Gayoso and her partner Christian Ojeda knew exactly where they wanted to go. Despite living in Spain, the couple ...
Inverse

In Paraguay, cows offer a way out of poverty — and perhaps a greater peril

Isaias Fernández may be just a teenager, but he has a dream. “To have my own cow one day would fulfill a dream — the dream of being near freedom,” says the 16-year-old as he herds 20 or so cattle up a ...