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Canal 13 (Paraguay)
Trece is a Paraguayan free-to-air television network launched in 1981. It is the head station of the JBB Group, which as of 11 January 2016 adopted this name. Channel 13 was the second television station to start nationwide broadcasts, after SNT, the first to broadcast entirely in color and the fourth television station to be set up in Paraguay overall including SNT's two inland affiliates that started shortly before Channel 13's operations started. In the 2010s, the channel changed owners twice eventually becoming a sister channel to Unicanal, and for a brief period between 2016 and 2019, it was known as RPC. It also airs on the DTT service on UHF channel 27 since October 2017. The channel has been broadcasting from the city of Lambaré adjacent to the capital Asunción since the beginning. History Canal 13 Teledifusora Paraguaya On February 11, 1981, on VHF channel 13 (where the station got its name) and under the aegis of Red Privada de Comunicación, the station is signed ...
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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 Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537 established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Reductions, Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. After the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories in 1767, Paraguay increasingly became a peripheral colony. Following Independence of Paraguay, independence from Spain ...
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Coronel Oviedo
Coronel Oviedo (), locally simply known as Oviedo, is a city in east-central Paraguay. It is the capital of the Caaguazú Department, about 150 kilometers east of Asunción, and was founded in 1758. The city has a population of about 52,400 (2006 Estimate) and is the hometown of former president Nicanor Duarte Frutos. Coronel Oviedo is an important transit point, as it lies halfway between Asunción and Ciudad del Este. In addition, it sits at the intersection of highways Ruta 2 (Paraguay), Ruta 2, Route 7 (Paraguay), Ruta 7 and Route 8 (Paraguay), Ruta 8. The moniker for the city is the "Capital of Work" or ''capital de trabajo'' in Spanish language, Spanish. The original name of the city at the time of its founding was "Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Ajos" or "Our Lady of the Rosary of Garlic", as the cultivation of garlic was a prominent local cash crop and formed a significant base for trade in the city. In 1931 the government of Paraguay changed the name of the city to ...
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ABC Color
''ABC Color'' is a Paraguayan daily newspaper that is part of Editorial Azeta S.A., a subsidiary of Grupo Azeta. It was established in 1967 by Aldo Zuccolillo. Founded in August 1967, it is often regarded as Paraguay's newspaper of record. History ABC Color was founded August 8, 1967 by Aldo Zuccolillo. It was the first newspaper in Paraguay to introduce color pages and the tabloid format. It also became the first to be distributed nationwide, reaching beyond the capital. It is one of the most widely read daily newspapers in Paraguay. In its formative years, ''ABC Color'' supported Alfredo Stroessner's autocratic regime. During the founding event of the newspaper, Zuccolillo declared this is "a great newspaper serving a great government". However, in the late 1970s and during the 1980s, ''ABC Color'' took a more critical position. This shift resulted in Zuccolillo being imprisoned for several days in 1983 due to his dissent against the regime. It also caused the forced suspensi ...
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Calle 7
''Calle 7'' was a Chilean television program, shown by TVN from Monday to Friday at 6 pm. It was last co-hosted by Alain Soulat and Lucia Covarrubias, and involved two teams of young adult contenders participating in unique challenges and performing arts to win a top prize at the end of the competition. Early months ''Calle 7'' began airing on January 12, 2009, at 6 pm and was presented by Martín Cárcamo and Karen Doggenweiler. The program was aimed at youth and family area where a group of participants known as "Team Calle 7" danced and competed in several tests, where the winning team gave $100,000 Chilean pesos to a viewer. The changes began with the exit of Karen Doggenweiler, on February 20, 2009, because she went to host of another project at the station called, ''Todos a Coro'', an adaptation to the British program from BBC, '' Last Choir Standing'', that began airing in March 2009. However changes to the program became clear when the result on the ratings cam ...
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Telefuturo
Telefuturo, sometimes known as Canal 4, is a Paraguayan television network. The station operates between 66 and 72 MHz in Asunción, and reaches almost the entire population of Paraguay. Telefuturo's coverage reaches almost all the ''Región Oriental'', where approximately 97% of the population of Paraguay lives. Since its inception it maintained a steady growth and currently has 14 repeaters. History In early November 1997, TV Acción S.A. announced the launch of Telefuturo on November 12. TeleFuturo has national coverage by means of four signal repeaters, relayed by satellite, and a daily schedule of 14 hours, from 11am to 1am. Content at launch included programs from the Televisa catalog, TV series from Universal, feature films and children's programming. The channel was associated to Televisa at launch and held a launch party in Asunción at the Yacht and Golf Club Paraguayo, attended by over 1,500 guests from all over South America, including important executives, singer ...
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Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
Pedro Juan Caballero () is a Paraguayan city and the capital of the Amambay Department. It lies on the border with the Brazilian city of Ponta Porã in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and is known as a centre for cheap electronic and consumer goods, and also as a centre for drug smuggling. This city is the highest city in Paraguay at 670 m (2201 ft) above sea level and is named after Pedro Juan Caballero. Pedro Juan Caballero is serviced by the Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport and the country's most modern shopping centre, the Shopping Dubai, which cost US$30million. The Blue Lagoon Amambay Hotel & Residential Complex is located in the city, the hotel is modernly structured and Paraguay.com considered it a First World condominium. The city is home to the Club Sportivo 2 de Mayo, counting with the Monumental Río Parapití which was used for the 1999 Copa América and is Paraguay's fifth biggest football stadium. History Pedro Juan Caballero orig ...
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San Lázaro
San Lázaro is a town in the Concepción department of Paraguay. Located 660 km from Asunción and 190 km from departmental capital Concepción, its population was 9060 in 2002. Located at the confluence of rivers Paraguay and Apa. The main area of activity is the manufacture of lime. Geography San Lázaro is 660 km far from Asunción and is located at the exact site of the confluence of the Apa River with Paraguay River, bordering Brazil - Chaco. Weather The maximum temperature reaches 40 C in summer, while the minimum at least until winter is -2 °C. The average is 24 °C. There are copious periods of rainfall from November to January, however the driest months are from June to September. Winds are from the north, east and southeast. Demography San Lázaro has a total of 9,060 inhabitants, from whom 4,719 are men and 4,382 women, according to 2002 Census by the General Directorate of Statistics, Census and Surveys. Economy The main town in this district ...
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Concepción, Paraguay
Concepción () is a city and district in northern Paraguay and capital of the Concepción Department. It lies next to the Paraguay River. Founded by a Spanish Governor, named Agustín Fernado de Pinedo, the town prospered in the early years of the 20th century, as a centre for the north of the country, exploiting the new wealth of the Gran Chaco, and a river port. The town was also a centre for the Paraguayan Civil War of 1947. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay. Transportation Route 5 "Gral. Bernardino Caballero" connects the city with Pedro Juan Caballero and Asunción. Climate Concepción has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: ''Aw'') with abundant annual precipitation, although possessing a highly prominent summer peak. Summers are very hot, rainy, and often oppressively humid. Severe thunderstorms are very common in the summer and have the capability to dump copious amounts of rainfall in a short period of time, along wit ...
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Encarnación, Paraguay
Encarnación () is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 274 km2 and a population of 93,497 (2002 Census), and the Greater Encarnacion area has a population of over 225,000 according to a 2020 estimate. Encarnación is the third-largest city of Paraguay. The city was originally named ''Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación de Itapúa'', and is considered the capital of summer by most of its inhabitants. Encarnación is connected to the Argentine city of Posadas, Argentina, Posadas by the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge and the Posadas-Encarnación International Train, International Train. The city is located on Route 1 (Paraguay), Route 1, some 370 km (225 miles) from Asunción, and located on Route 6 (Paraguay), Route 6, some 280 km (175 miles) from Ciudad del Este. Due to it ...
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Santa Rosa, Paraguay
Santa Rosa () is a city and district located in the Misiones department in Paraguay. It is one of the most important cities of Jesuit influence. Geography Santa Rosa stands on a hill located south of Asunción on Route I "Mariscal Francisco Solano Lopez". Weather In summer, the highest temperature reaches , the lowest in winter usually runs about . The annual average is . Demography Santa Rosa has a population of 20,306 inhabitants, of whom 10,582 are men and 9,723 are women, according to projections by the General Directorate of Statistics, Census and Surveys. History The city was founded in 1698 by Jesuit Priest Ranzonier, and it was settled by families coming from the city of Santa Maria de Fe. Today, one of the most important Jesuit Reductions of Paraguay is a tourist attraction there. The original church was burned in 1883 and only the original bell was preserved. To this day the bell is still in use, as part of the newer temple built on the site. Economy Santa R ...
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