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Capital: asuncion
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of paraguay conventional short form: paraguay local long form: republica del paraguay local short form: paraguay
National holiday: independence day. 14 may 1811 (observed 15 may annually)
Government type
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constitutional republic
Administrative divisions: 17 departments (departamentos. singular - departamento) and 1 capital city*; alto paraguay. alto parana. amambay. asuncion*. boqueron. caaguazu. caazapa. canindeyu. central. concepcion. cordillera. guaira. itapua. misiones. neembucu. paraguari. presidente hayes. san pedro |
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Independence:
14 may 1811 (from spain)
Political parties and leaders: asociacion nacional republicana - colorado party or anr [herminio caceres. interim president]; movimiento union nacional de ciudadanos eticos or unace [enrique gonzalez quintana. acting chairman]; patria querida (beloved fatherland party) or pq [pedro nicolas maraa fadul niella]; partido encuentro nacional or pen [luis torales kennedy]; partido liberal radical autentico or plra [blas llano]; partido pais solidario or pps [carlos alberto filizzola pallares] note: nicanor duarte frutos on leave as party leader of the colorado party or anr while serving as president of paraguay; lino cesar oviedo silva. leader of unace. is currently serving a ten-year prison term
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
ahorristas estafados or ae; coordinating table of national campesino organizations or mcnoc; national federation of campesinos or fnc; national workers central or cnt; paraguayan workers confederation or cpt; roman catholic church; unitary workers central or cut
International organization participation
: csn. fao. g-77. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso (correspondent). itu. laes. laia. mercosur. miga. minustah. monuc. nam (observer). oas. onub. opanal. opcw. pca. rg. un. unctad. unesco. unido. unmee. unmil. unmis. unoci. upu. wcl. wco. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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