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Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south...

Timeline of Events

1537

8.15.1537

Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.

1811

5.14.1811

Paraguay gains independence from Spain.

5.15.1811

Paraguay declares independence from Spain.

1869

8.16.1869

Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.

1932

7.20.1932

Crowds in the capitals of Bolivia and Paraguay demand their governments declare war on the other after fighting on their border.

9.29.1932

Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.

1935

6.12.1935

Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.

1954

8.15.1954

Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.

1980

9.17.1980

Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.

1989

2.3.1989

A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.

1991

3.26.1991

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.

1999

3.23.1999

Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.

2004

8.1.2004

A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.