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29 hours 22 minutes at 3,000 metres, with Hope Pass at 3,810m and fewer than half the field finishing most years — Ivo Kunzle appears to be the first Paraguayan to have crossed the Leadville Trail 100 finish line. He grew up swimming in Asunción. 🏆
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Facha traces back to Italian immigrants, churro to a pastry, legalmente to something beyond its legal meaning — five borrowed words that crossed into Paraguayan speech and came out the other side meaning something different.
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13 years leading the Catholic Church's pastoral work in the Chaco — the first auxiliary bishop Asunción's archdiocese has had in over two decades arrives with a background that couldn't be more different from the capital. #Paraguay
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26 weekly frequencies now, 37 once Montevideo launches — LATAM's CEO met President Peña at Mburuvicha Róga to mark 30 years in Paraguay. Cargo exports up 70% year-on-year. The Asunción-Montevideo service targets Q1 2027, five days a week.
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50 cracker recipes, none using wheat — Emil Moldovan came to Paraguay for tranquillity and ended up turning fallen mangoes and surplus pumpkins into a growing range of artisanal foods. He sells near Emboscada and is actively looking for market partne
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7–8 September, Paseo La Galería — AI, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and the CX Innovation Awards all on the agenda. The MIC has declared the 16th APCC congress of Institutional Interest, which says something about what Paraguay's services se
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Four Paraguayans at Inter Miami — Galarza becomes the latest, joining Rojas, Gómez, and Martínez. The 24-year-old Olimpia product arrives from River Plate on loan, with a US$3 million buy option that kicks in automatically above a match threshold.
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Türkiye drinks more tea per person than almost anywhere on Earth — 90% of it black, no sugar. Paraguay's ambassador sees that as an opening, not an obstacle. A promotional mission lands in Istanbul this Saturday.
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Born in Asunción, working in dense forest with hand-built instruments and Guaraní assistants — Father Buenaventura Suárez installed the Southern Hemisphere's first permanent telescope in a bell tower in 1706. His lunar calendar ran to 1856. #Paraguay
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211 collection points, 8,400 volunteers, six departments — this Friday and Saturday, TECHO Paraguay hits the streets for 'Salir de la Tierra'. Respiratory problems halved after a TECHO home. Safety satisfaction up from 70% to 95%. Target: 500 homes b
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₲166.3 trillion, an 11.5% rise on 2026 — health gets US$3 billion, MOPC ₲9.2 trillion, and the fiscal deficit sits at 3.9% of GDP, though Lovera puts the 'underlying' figure closer to 1.9% once debt payments are stripped out.
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A mycologist, botanist, lab director, and thesis consultant — Mariana Martínez fits a lot into one life. Her non-negotiable if she ever left Paraguay? A notebook of traditional recipes, so the food comes with her.
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Seven bands, seven wishes — and a rule that the ring must never leave your finger until your soldier comes home. The legend behind Paraguay's most distinctive piece of traditional jewellery is older than the republic that keeps it alive.
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34 goals scored, none conceded in the final, and a golden boot for Thiago Barrios — 16 goals in the tournament. Back-to-back South American U20 champions, built on purpose-built courts in a landlocked country. 🏆
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A mycologist who heads a university laboratory by day and tests her own thesis on Paraguayan food — that if you had to leave tomorrow, the first thing you'd pack is a recipe notebook.
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Third place in Kenya, third place at home — Andrea Lafarja has now stood on the WRC Masters Cup podium twice this season. Three Dakar finishes and two Chaco Rally wins in her back catalogue. Paraguay's first woman on a WRC podium on home soil. 🏆
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US$150,000 buys immediate permanent residency via the Paraguay Investor Pass — but which sector is actually worth it? On 7 September, three specialists in capital markets, government policy, and real estate risk sit down to answer exactly that. ₲200,
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Two of the only three confirmed breeding sites on Earth for this species are in Paraguay — yet most Paraguayans have never seen one. Fewer than 1,700 remain, hidden in plain sight across the Cerrado's vanishing grasslands. #Paraguay
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A Fulbright–BECAL scholar who nearly missed her own opportunity — Ana Merlo of Pedro Juan Caballero built the tool she wished existed. FellowBridge is free to use and already lists 500+ international scholarships, filtered by your profile. #Paraguay
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