Archive for September, 2008
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Paraguay Peace Corps Blog Directory
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Many of my Paraguayan friends living in Seattle are married to peace corps volunteers that were working on Paraguay, most of the volunteers in Paraguay go to work on the country side to help people to improve in agriculture for example teaching them systems to care of the seeds and new earth fertilization and cultivation […]
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Mennonites in Paraguay
Friday, September 26th, 2008
I visited Loma Plata and Filadelfia years ago in the middle of the Chaco where is practically a desert not developed, not even Paraguayans know to do with that part of the land, I was really impressed how the colonies were developed, they have everything, they help each other, they have a cooperative, and they […]
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Interesting Info about Paraguay and a bit of History. I know where PARAGUAY IS!
Friday, September 26th, 2008
I know where Paraguay is….Do you?
Paraguay is a landlocked country that borders with Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia. it is politically divided into 17 departments, Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindiyu, Central, Concepcion, Guaira, Itapua, cordillera, Misiones, Ñeembucu, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro, and Asuncion, the Capital District. The tropic of Capricorn passes […]
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Sharing my Paraguay Vintage Postcards Collection
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
It took me some time to be able to get such a great collection, these antique postcards and photos are actually very hard to get and it took a lot of time, I would like to share it with you, so you can have an idea of how Asuncion used to look like in older […]
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If you go to McDonalds, you don’t know where Paraguay is…
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
This is a McDonalds commercial that was aired recently on national television.
Woman 1: You know I heard McDonalds is making lattes now.
Woman 2: McDonalds? Well that’s just…fantastic!
W1: Isn’t it?! Now we don’t have to listen to jazz all day long!
W2: I can start wearing heels again.
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Living and Working and Paraguay
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Paraguay has always been a good option to retire and even to move to escape of the rat race kind of living. The pace of life is slow, at least slower than in many countries, services are still pretty cheap, like house cleaning, salons, teachers, baby sitting, housemaids, etc. The distances are pretty small between […]
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Very interesting article about Paraguay
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Source: www.magazinedigital.com
I know all the photographers in this article, and I like their point of view of different Paraguayan aspects. Sad article, but unfortunately true =(
Autorretrato de América Latina VI Paraguay/Uruguay
Paisaje después de la dictadura
Texto de Claudi Carreras
Uruguay y Paraguay son dos países muy cercanos culturalmente, pero muy desconocidos más allá de sus fronteras. La […] -
Lugo’s Assumption news paper articles.
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
While I was in Paraguay, last August 15 Lugo has assumed the Presidency in Paraguay, Many Neighborhood Country Presidents and also other countries send their representatives to Lugo’s Assumption act. I was a nice day, no chaos.
People expects too much for this new Government, obviously the first week was hard specially on the Public sector […] -
Radio Station
Friday, September 12th, 2008
This has nothing to do with Paraguay but i would love to share this Website with you, its www.pandora.com, its a great great station where you create your own radio station with music you really like, you insert a singer or song and the program will find similar songs and play in that station, you […]
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A cute slide show of my jewelry
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?source=ppsl&instanceid=122425121
