National Day of Paraguay.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin | May 14, 2005 | Copyright

ON May 14, 1811, Paraguay declared its independence from Spain. Jose Gaspar Rodriguez Francia who ruled Paraguay until 1840, adopted a policy of national isolation, a policy that his nephew, Carlos Antonio Lopez, abolished after succeeding him in 1844. Francisco Solano Lopez succeeded his father Carlos Antonio Lopez and waged war against its neighboring countries, resulting in which loss of lives and territory. The war ended with the death of Lopez in 1870.

Paraguay is an inland South American country with perhaps the most racially homogenous population in the ...

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