Paraguay
- Capital
- Asunción
- Population
- 6.9 m
- Area
- 406,752 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Guaraní, Spanish
- Currency
- Paraguayan guaraní (₲)
- Demonym
- Paraguayan
- UN member
- Yes
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Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
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Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
From the Guarani world of the great rivers and the Spanish founding of Asuncion to the Jesuit missions, independence in 1811, the isolation of Dr Francia and the Lopez dynasty, the catastrophe of the Triple Alliance war, the Chaco War, the long Stroessner dictatorship, and a democratic, Guarani-speaking republic in the age of Itaipu.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.