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Paraguay

Introducing Paraguay

Paraguay is bordered by Brazil,

Argentina, and Bolivia. The

capital of Paraguay is

Asuncion. The population in

Paraguay is 5.9 million people.

The population of Paraguay is

located on fertile plains and

hills of the eastern region.

ost of the people spea!"panish and #uarani. Paraguay

is roughly the size of $alifornia

but has only about %.& million

residents. Paraguay e'ports

$ateura

In $ateura Paraguay, li!e any

poverty city, there are drugs, gangs,

and crimes. The streets and river

are (lled )ith trash and the homes

are all bro!en do)n. *espair and

hopelessness are shared among the

people )ho live here. The di+erence

about $ateura is that it is built on

the citys main land(ll. The only

families )ho live here are people

)ho are the -trash pic!ers .- They

sort the trash and sell )hatever is of

value that they can (nd. / cents for

a pound of plastic or 5 cents for a

pound of cardboard. They do this 0ob

"can this 34 code if you

)ant to hear some beautiful

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An environmental technician avio $havez

sa) the poor and miserable conditions the

children )ere living in and )anted to start

a music school for them. :o)ever, factory

instruments cost more than most homes

here. They )ould have been stolen.

$havez met a carpenter and local trash

pic!er *on #omez. :e as!ed #omez (rst

to build a violin. At (rst, it )as hard

because #omez had never heard or seen

one before. :e started to build the violin

by old violin shell that he )ould (nd at the

dump. Then he started ma!ing cello from

oil cans and old )ood pieces. :e even

made drum from '7ray (lms. ; years old,

Ada Bordados plays one of the recycle

violins and Bebi )ho is 9 years old playsthe cello all made from trash. Ada said that

)hen she plays the violin she feels li!e she

is transported to a beautiful place. Ada and

her sister

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Paraguayan "oup

A traditional dish made up of

cornbread )ith onions, cheese,

and other ingredients is called

the Paraguayan soup. This dish

)as accidentally created by

*ictator $arlos Antonio opezs

coo! )ho added too much corn

@our to a dish. #ood thing it

turned out delicious.

"po!en anguage

atin Americas most bilingual

country is Paraguay. "panish

and Indigenous #uarani are

spo!en 9/ of the time in

Paraguay. Paraguay has a large

percentage of citizens )ho

s ea! an indi enous lan ua e.

ahtay

-ahtay= or Paraguayan tea is

the prefer drin! of Paraguay,

Argentina, Brazil, and ruguay.

This tea is made from plants

gro)ing throughout the region.

Because of the summer heat

Paraguayans li!e there tea cold.