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Conmebol fined Olimpia $25,000 for using pyrotechnics and failing to follow instructions during the Copa Sudamericana match against Vasco, warned press chief Joel Barrios and ordered the amount to be deducted automatically from the club’s revenues.
club-olimpiaconmebolvasco-da-gamacopa-sudamericanaAn opinion article argues for policies to support Paraguayan publishers, including financing, public purchases and more accessible incentives, to reduce production barriers and broaden the circulation of books and knowledge.
A bill by senators José Oviedo and Rubén Velázquez proposes establishing the second Sunday of September as National Sopa Paraguaya Day to promote and preserve the dish, but the date still depends on congressional consideration and approval.
sopa-paraguayacarlos-antonio-lopezThe Trudgeon stroke, popularized by English swimmer Jack Trudgeon, was reportedly learned by him as a child while playing in the water with Payaguá children in Asunción and later spread with the expansion of competitive swimming and municipal pools. The account is based on a statement by the swimmer and research by Gary Osmond, although no record documents a specific teaching scene.
jack-trudgeoncarlos-antonio-lopezblyth-companygary-osmondParaguayan stylist Luján Riquelme is traveling through South America with her family and a sewing machine during the Canadian Cirque du Soleil’s “Alegría” tour, creating and repurposing clothing—much of it bought at thrift stores—while sharing the journey through her perspective as she balances motherhood and adapting to the unfamiliar.
cirque-du-soleillujan-riquelmeMoria Casán recalled her detention at the Buen Pastor during the investigation into the disappearance in 2012 of a necklace valued at US$70,000. She returned to Paraguay while an international arrest warrant was in force, and the case involved a private US$35,000 settlement later revisited by Netflix’s biographical series.
casa-del-buen-pastormoriamoria-casannetflixradio-monumental-1080-amAlberdi celebrated its 96th anniversary with a civic, student and military parade as border trade faces the effects of the Argentine peso’s devaluation and the city benefits from new road connections since 2021. With Argentine purchasing power declining, improved road access could redirect commerce toward Paraguayan customers.
alberdineembucupilarformosaA bill introduced in Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies proposes an integrated policy to research, preserve, teach and disseminate information about Acosta Ñu and the Campaign of the Cordilleras. The measures remain proposals subject to legislative review; the text would also bring together dispersed legal and institutional instruments and create an ad honorem technical committee.
acosta-nucordilleraParaguay is not best understood through a collection of mandatory stops. Asunción, the southern corridor of Jesuit missions and the Paraná, and the Chaco are three distinct journeys, each with its own history, pace and planning needs.
asuncionweekend-travelA savory cake-shaped chipa presentation offered by businesses in Argentina drew comments from Paraguayan users on social media.
chipaargentinambejucorrientes-capitalMuCi will host a free viewing of the nearly total lunar eclipse at Asunción’s Costanera on Aug. 27, from 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m., with telescopes and limited places available by advance reservation.
costanera-de-asuncionmuseo-de-ciencias-muciDespite Guarani's cultural boom in Paraguay with increasing use in arts and institutions, experts warn of language displacement risk, with speakers incorporating Spanish out of necessity and the percentage of monolingual speakers declining.
guaraniarnaldo-casco-villalbaThe classic between Olimpia and Cerro Porteño this Sunday at the Sajonia stadium could equal or extend the narrow historical advantage of 77 to 76 wins that the striped team holds in the 224 matches already played at the venue.
defensores-del-chacoThe Paraguayan national team will face Bolivia, led by Óscar Villegas, and Colombia, managed by Néstor Lorenzo, in friendlies in the U.S. in September, while working on renewing coach Gustavo Alfaro's contract.
Ipswich Town announced the permanent signing of Paraguayan forward Julio Enciso in a transfer worth around 30 million euros, making it the most expensive in history for a Paraguayan player and also the largest ever conducted by the English club.
julio-encisoipswich-townracing-de-estrasburgobrightonjuan-manuel-iturbeAfter the Russian Revolution, a small group of military officers, engineers and artists settled in Paraguay. Their role in the Chaco War was real, but the popular legend often makes it larger—and simpler—than the evidence.
white-emigresjuan-belaieffchaco-warmilitary-historyParaguay is creating the first historical corpus of 18th-century Spanish, digitizing one hundred documents from the period for linguistic study and heritage preservation.
estela-peralta-de-aguayoThe Paraguayan Antique Vehicle Club is holding the fourth stage of its national championship in September, a regularity rally on the Jesuit Route that will bring together around 50 antique, classic, and sports cars.
juan-bautista-gillLighter and more rhythmically percussive than a concert pedal harp, the Paraguayan arpa evolved through local makers and virtuosos into the leading voice of polca and folk ensembles.
paraguayan-harpmusiccraftpolcacultural-heritageThe tricolour carries the national coat of arms on its front and the Treasury seal on its reverse. The unusual design comes from the sovereign symbols adopted by the 1842 congress.
flagnational-symbolscoat-of-armsparaguayan-identityThe railway opened in 1861, grew into an Asunción–Encarnación spine and helped create towns. War, foreign ownership, underinvestment and road competition left most of the network silent.
railwaytransport-historyfepasaheritagecommuter-railThe Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies approved a bill declaring April 14 as National Vorí Vorí Day and analyzed a proposal to declare the Virgin of Caacupé festival as intangible cultural heritage.
The Tourism Minister and the Governor of Itapúa launched a tourist guide for the WRC Ueno Rally del Paraguay 2026, whose organizers project the attraction of 400,000 visitors with new attractions at the event.
The tajy, sacred Guaraní tree known as lapacho, blooms coloring Paraguay and its flowering dictates cultural traditions, agricultural calendars, and has medicinal and historical material uses.
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