WHEN
PARAGUAYAN Oscar Cardozo missed a second- half penalty and David Villa won it for Spain on Saturday, " neutral" football fans around the world hung their heads in frustration.
When Duarte offered him the position of minister of industry and commerce, Bergen declined, suggesting that his background as a German-speaking Mennonite from the Chaco made him ill-fitted for the Spanish-speaking world of
Paraguayan politics.
Fernando Lugo, the
Paraguayan president, has offered a public apology in an attempt to defuse a scandal in which three women claim the former Roman Catholic bishop fathered their children.
The Swiss travelers Rengger and Lompchamp (1828), describing a voyage to Paraguay in 1825, noted that there were few Blacks in Paraguay, either enslaved or free, and that the majority of Black
Paraguayans had been born in the colonies (Boccia Romanach 2005: 80).
Ambassador to Paraguay James Cason has recorded and released a CD of
Paraguayan music classics sung in Guarani.
Landry, III commented, "NCC is honored to be awarded this USAID grant, which affirms that our medical relief programs are positively impacting a substantial number of underserved
Paraguayan patients.
MARINA MADDOCK-LYON said: "England won it with the help of the
Paraguayans.
He has a long association with
Paraguayan football and took over after the 2002 World Cup.
Fiercely nationalistic, most
Paraguayans were painfully aware of their nation's image as a comic backwater.
Besides the Cuban doctors in Paraguay, 523 young
Paraguayans are studying medicine at the Escuela Latinoamericano de Medicina (ELAM) just outside Havana.
But the plucky
Paraguayans, who are also heading for the World Youth Championship finals in the gulf, came and conquered.
With purchasing power parity of less than US$4,500 per annum,
Paraguayans rank among Latin America's poorest consumers.
