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BBC radio,
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Channel 4 TV, UK | Birmingham GRID for Learning, UK | UK joint university database | Argentina's national paper | SBC Education Blue Ribbon HOT site, USA | SovLit, Harvard Univ, USA |
Useful
English language sites on the history of Paraguay are limited. These
links indicate some of the more valuable. I would be grateful for
suggestions of others to include, in Spanish, as well as English.
lesfearns@casahistoria.net
For current developments to the national history themes:
2. Indigenous
history
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| Brief history of the Guarani language The pre-Columbian era The European arrive The writing begins The Guarani and independence Chronology |
- The Guaraní Indians From the 1911 Catholic Encyclopaedia.
- Guaraní society Examination of Guarani society from University of Kent at Canterbury
- Guaraní Ñanduti Rogue Huge site with many links to academic studies and articles on Guarani culture produced by the Unjversity of Mainz. In German, Guarani, Spanish and Portuguese, but unfortunately not much in English - yet?
- Enxet & Guaran brief but very useful outlines of tribe history & modern problems from Survival.
- The Indigenous of the Paraguayan Chaco: Struggle for the Land By Keith Slack. Gives a useful account of government policy towards the indigenous peoples in the 20th century (1996) Cultural Survival Quarterly
- Genocide in Paraguay Article about the forced resettlement of native paraguayos
- Paraguayan Indians fight for rights BBC March 2001 Describes the struggle of the Maka tribe to defend their land rights
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3. Spanish
Conquest & Jesuit Missions

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Introduction Discovery and Settlement Early Explorers and Conquistadores The Young Colony The Sword of the Word |
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El nacimiento del Corazón de América
(Birth of the Heart of
America) Joven Colonia (Young colony) La República Jesuítica (The Jesuit Republic) |
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Forcible or Peaceful Colonising
Chapter from the 1907 work, Socialism and
Colonial Policy, by the Socialist Karl Kautsky looking at the role
of the church in colonising through the Reduciones.
- The Truth About the Catholic Church and Slavery Article examining & supporting the stance of the Catholic Church (primarily in Jesuit latin America) by Rodney Stark, professor of sociology and comparative religion at the university of Washington
The Missions
- Reductions of Paraguay Very detailed account from the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia
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Vanished Arcadia, A: being some account of the Jesuits in
Paraguay 1607-1767 the 1900 account by R.B.
Cunninghame Graham published as an Etext by the Project Gutenberg.
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US
Library of Congress Country Studies. Well detailed and
comprehensive. Good place to start in English. Sections on:
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20th century: 1900
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Paraguay Politics
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US
Library of Congress Country Studies. Well detailed and
comprehensive. Good place to start in English (but remember it
has not been updated since 1988). Sections on:
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The Chaco
War & the February Revolution Morínigo and World War II The Stronato The Stroessner Regime International Factors and the Economy |
The Chaco War ( * from Armed Conflict Events Data site)
- The Chaco Dispute 1927-29 *
- Chaco War 1932-1935 *
- The Gran Chaco War: Fighting for Mirages in the Foothills of the Andes
- Paraguayan Coup 1946 *
- Paraguayan Civil War 1947 *
- Paraguayan Military Coup 1948 *
- Paraguayan Coup 1954 *
- The 1954 Coup
- Paraguayan Exile Insurgency 1958-9 *
- FIFA Outline history (2006) of the national football team (The national team site has been closed down.....)
- Paraguay's Líneas Aéreas de Transporte Nacional By Antonio Luis Sapienza F.
- Paraguayan Airways Service By Antonio Luis Sapienza F.
- Presidential Aircraft in Paraguay By Antonio Luis Sapienza F.
- Paraguayan and Brazilian Air Privateers By Rómulo Peixoto F. and Antonio Luis Sapienza F.
- Paraguayan Navy's Aeronaval Service (!!) By Antonio Luis Sapienza
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6. Stroessner
and military dictatorship 1954-89
BBC article on the Stroessner terror
| Animated outline of the impact of Condor, by country La Operación Cóndor Los crímenes Archivos del Terror |
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Contemporary Paraguay

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Library of Congress Country Studies. (remember pages on Paraguay
have not been fundamentally updated since 1988). Sections on:
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Governmental System
Politics
Opposition Parties Political Developments Since 1986 The Roman Catholic Church Business Urban Labor Rural Labor Students The Media |
- Lino Oviedo BBC Profile
- Jungle Hub for World's Outlaws Ciudad del Este, on Paraguay's border with Brazil and Argentina, has been a smugglers paradise for decades. But an influx of gangsters and terrorists now makes it a symbol of the globalization of crime. From LA Times, 1998
- Paraguay Amnesty international report on Paraguay (2007) link to all Amnesty international documents on Paraguay
For current developments to the national history themes:
- Topix Paraguay news useful resource for current news items (in English) on Paraguay
- Lanic Newsroom: Texas Univ site for links to the recent news themes on Latin America in general
Survival
is currently working with around 80 tribes in 34 countries around the world.
Find out more about some of these south American tribes by clicking on the links
below.
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