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...Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay; out of a population of 525,000, only 220,000 survived, and only 28,000 of these were men. Again in the Chaco War of the 1930s, Paraguay took on Bolivia and won 20,000 sq. mi. of wilderness borderland?at a cost of one Paraguayan life for each square mile. Thus the prize won in 1954 by Stroessner, a veteran of the Chaco War, was a sleepy backwater, 600 miles by river from the sea, cobblestone-quaint but short on manpower and desperately poor ... Stroessner got off to a dictator's ironfisted start, organizing...
...makes the difference in the choice whether or not to give up their child,” Bartholet said. Ortiz said that a dearth of social services in poor countries is a major factor contributing to the transnational adoption rate. She said that the number of transnational adoptions of Paraguayan children dropped from over 600 to 50 annually after Paraguay instituted initiatives to help poor mothers and began to monitor and restrict the adoptions. Bartholet cited other benefits of transnational adoption, namely that the system exposes the world to injustices and detrimental situations in other countries, such as gender discrimination...
...months Period in which Ascension Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic, received no mail, because of a mix-up that routed post to the Paraguayan capital of Asunci?n instead...
...over them or pushed them down." With the victims reportedly including some babies and toddlers - part of the club was used as a creche - anxious parents searching for their children crowded the city's hospitals and morgues. The fire was South America's worst since a blaze in a Paraguayan shopping mall in August killed more than 400 - a tragedy also blamed on blocked exits. Immigrant Amnesty SPAIN The government approved new regulations on immigration, giving amnesty to any of the country's estimated 800,000 illegal immigrants who can prove at least six months' employment and evidence of residence...
...greatest player ever; in Barcelona. Before coaching the Spanish national team for 68 games from 1969-1980, the Hungarian-born Kubala helped his club win four league titles and five Spanish Cups. He also played for Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and did brief coaching stints for the Saudi Arabian and Paraguayan national teams. DIED. KHUNYING KANITTHA WICHIENCHAROEN, 82, gutsy lawyer and women's activist; in Bangkok. One of the first women in Thailand to receive a university education, Kanittha devoted her career to battling discrimination against women. Among her triumphs: establishing a shelter for abused women and children, and decriminalizing prostitution...