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List Of Paraguayans
The following is a list of people from Paraguay. __NOTOC__ A *Lourdes Arévalos (born 1984), beauty queen and model B *Cecilio Báez (1862-1941), politician, writer and president *Agustín Barboza (1913-1998), singer and composer *Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944), guitarist and composer *Edgar Baumann (born 1970), former track and field athlete *Yohana Benítez (born 1987), beauty queen and model *Emilio Bigi (1910-1969), musician *Luis Bordón (1926-2006), harp player *José Bozzano (1895-1969), military engineer who designed gunboats for the Chaco War *Karina Buttner (born 1983), beauty queen and model C *Victor Caballero (born 1960), former tennis player *Agustín Cañete (1844-1902), Minister of Finance (Paraguay), minister of finance *Gabriel Casaccia (1907-1980), writer *Raúl Casal Ribeiro (1887-1956), lawyer and vice president *José Cardozo (born 1971), former professional footballer *Leonor Cecotto (died 1982), artist *Feliciano Centurión (1962-1996), painter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Casal Ribeiro
Raúl Casal Ribeiro Velazco (14 August 1887 – 1956) was a Paraguayan politician; he was vice president of Paraguay between 1932 and 1936, during Eusebio Ayala's government. His term was heavily marked by the Chaco War with Bolivia, which lasted between 1932 and 1935. Biography His father, Joaquín Casal-Ribeiro, was a Brazilian naval officer who participated in the Paraguayan War and later immigrated to Paraguay, and his mother, Elodia Velazco, was Uruguayan. He studied in the Colegio Nacional de la Capital in Asunción, Paraguay's capital and his birthplace. He had an active life in the student movement as he studied law in the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, wrote for various newspapers and joined the Liberal Party in his youth. He taught in various schools, including the Paraguayan military school. Between 1923 and 1925, and 1928 and the early 1930s he was a national deputy, serving a term as president of the chamber. Between 1924 and 1928, he was Chief of Police f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogelio Delgado
Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco (born 12 October 1959) is a retired football central defender from Paraguay. Club career At the club level, Delgado played for Olimpia Asunción, where he won the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 1979, and six Paraguayan league titles. He also played for Independiente of Argentina, where he won the 1988–1989 league championship, and for Universidad de Chile, where he won the 1994 Chilean league championship. After retiring as a player, Delgado took up coaching. He came out of retirement to play one game for Colo-Colo in the 1995 edition of the Supercopa. International career Delgado was a member of the Paraguayan squad at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his full international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 2 June 1983 in a friendly match against Uruguay (0-0). He obtained a total number of 53 international caps, scoring six goals for the national side. He was a member of the Paraguay squad at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguayan Legion
The Paraguayan Legion (), was a military unit led by colonels Juan Francisco Decoud and Fernando Iturburu that was formed in Argentina during the Paraguayan War, consisting mainly of Paraguayan exiles and opponents of the Francisco Solano López regime. Due to mistrust between the allied Argentina and Brazil, the Legion never developed into a strong fighting unit, as Brazilians distrusted this unit created by Argentina, though its organization had already been foreseen in the Treaty of the Triple Alliance signed between them in 1865. The legion started fighting, under a Paraguayan flag, only late in the war, either in March 1869 or by the battle of Pikysyry in December 1868; the war had started in 1864. Legionnaires dominated the Paraguayan political scene during the liberal period of the first post-war years. The first Provisional government, the Triumvirate of 1869, included two Legionnaires: José Díaz de Bedoya and Carlos Loizaga. Other members of the unit would reach the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Francisco Decoud
Juan Francisco Decoud Berzategui (13 May 1813 – 12 April 1897) was a Paraguayan politician and military officer. He had an important role as a merchant in the Plata basin during the 19th century. Notably, he was also a senior officer in the Paraguayan Legion during the early phases of the Triple Alliance War. Biography Early life Decoud was born in 1813 in Asunción to Juan Francisco Decoud de los Santos, a merchant of Italian and Portuguese descent, and María Faustina Berazategui; both had been members of the colonial elite, and retained economic power after independence in 1811. Juan Francisco was educated in Paraguay, and from 1831 onwards was the head of his family's business affairs, given the death of his father. Tensions with the isolationist Francia regime were always high and by the end of the 1830s he and other wealthy hacendados survived by hiding away in their properties in the interior. Though he had some tensions with the López regime that followed, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Justice Of Paraguay
The Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay () is the highest court of Paraguay. The Senate and the President of Paraguay select its nine ministers (judges) on the basis of recommendations from a constitutionally created (Council of Magistrates). The court meets at the Palace of Justice in Asuncion. The court consists of three chambers: Constitutional, Civil and Commercial and Criminal and each chamber has three ministers. The present President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court is César Diesel. Notable cases * '' Mickey SRL. v. The Walt Disney Company'' Notes External links * 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 Boli ... Politics of Paraguay Political organisations based in Paraguay Law of Paraguay Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay {{LatAm- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Segundo Decoud
José Segundo Decoud Domecq (14 May 1848 – 3 March 1909) was a Paraguayan politician, journalist, diplomat and military officer. He is often considered one of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, and was also one of the first liberals of the country. Decoud was one of the founders of the long-standing Colorado Party (Paraguay), Colorado Party, having been its first vice-president and written its founding instrument. During the Paraguayan War, Decoud was a member of the Paraguayan Legion fighting against the Paraguayan government. After leaving the regiment, he wrote an anti-Treaty of the Triple Alliance, Triple Alliance newspaper criticizing their territorial claims on Paraguay; and once the war was nearly over, he returned to Asunción, and helped found La Regeneración (Paraguay), ''La Regeneración'', Paraguay's first wholly private newspaper. He balanced his director duties with his roles as a member of the constitutional assembly which drafted the Constitution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Cubas Grau
Raúl Alberto Cubas Grau (born 23 August 1943) is a Paraguayan politician and electrical engineer who served as the 45th President of Paraguay from 1998 until his resignation in 1999. A ''colorado'' and loyal follower of Lino Oviedo, who could not run for president due to his imprisonment, Cubas was elected in 1998 alongside his running mate, Luis María Argaña, a ''colorado'' ''caudillo'' who had become Oviedo's biggest political rival. In March of 1999, large protests against Cubas' government erupted following the assassination of Vice President Argaña. As a result of these days of social unrest, which came to be known as the Marzo Paraguayo, Cubas resigned and was succeeded by the president of the Senate, Luis González Macchi. Cubas' presidency only lasted six months. Early life Cubas Grau studied Engineering at the National University of Asunción. He was a member of the Colorado Party. Prior to being elected president, he worked as an electrical engineer, and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Correa
Julio Correa Myzkowsky (August 30, 1890 – July 14, 1953) was a Paraguayan poet in Guarani language. He started to publish his poems in 1926. Encouraged by the poet Manuel Ortiz Guerrero, he began writing a column entitled "Dialoguitos Callejeros" (Small Street Dialogues) in the newspaper ''Guarani'', of Facundo Recalde. His talent became apparent during the Chaco War (1932–1935). His work in the Guarani language was well received by the public and he became known as an author, actor and director. From 1934 to 1936, he published his poems in the magazine ''Guarania'', of Natalicio González. Those became part, later on, of the book ''Body and Soul'' (1943). In 1947, he was arrested because of his writings. The civil war that year had a negative effect on the author, and he became depressed. He remained isolated in his country house in Luque, where he died on July 14, 1953. Childhood and youth Correa's maternal grandfather, Myzkowsky, was of Polish origin, while his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Chilavert
José Luis Félix Chilavert González (; born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol and the Paraguay national team. Chilavert won 12 club titles, including the 1994 Copa Libertadores and the 1994 Intercontinental Cup, while playing for Vélez Sarsfield, and is a three-time IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award winner. A fast and agile shot-stopper, known for his leadership, strong personality, and goalkeeping ability, he was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world in his prime; outside of his goalkeeping position, Chilavert was also known for his outfield skills and ability as a free kick specialist, and often took penalties. He scored 67 goals in his professional career, many of them crucial, including eight in international matches. Four of his international goals were scored during Paraguay's qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresio Centurión
Teresio Faustino Centurión Sosa (born 3 October 1958) is a former football midfielder and coach. Career Centurión started his career in Sol de América in 1976 until 1989, with a 3-month spell at club Capitán Figari in 1981. He also played for other Paraguayan clubs until 1992 where he ended his career playing for Humaitá. Centurión became a symbol for Sol de América where he spent the majority of his career, obtaining the first championship for the club in 1986 and several second-place finishes (1978, 1979, 1981, 1988). As a coach, he managed several teams from Atyrá, Limpio and Guarambaré Guarambaré is a town in the Central Department of 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, Brazi ...; as well as Silvio Pettirossi and the youth divisions of Sol de América. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Crisóstomo Centurión
Juan Crisóstomo Centurión y Martinez (27 January 1840 – 12 March 1902) was a Paraguayan Army officer and politician. He served with distinction in the Triple Alliance War, and afterwards held a wide variety of positions in the Paraguayan governmental structure, including that of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Biography Early life and studies Centurión was born to Francisco Antonio Pérez de Centurión, a lawyer, and Rosalía Martínez y Rodas in 1840 in Itauguá, a town located circa 30 kilometers away from the Paraguayan capital Asunción. After studying in a provincial school during his youth, he moved to Asunción, where he was a pupil of foreign teachers such as the Spaniard Ildefonso Bermejo and the Frenchman Pedro Dupuy; he also joined the philosophy seminar, which was headed by then president Carlos Antonio López. In 1858 he was chosen by the government to embark to Europe to study at universities there – he graduated in law at the King's College in London, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
