1811-1870 1918-1945







Paraguay 1870-1918



After the war was concluded in 1870, Paraguay was occupied by the allied forces for another 5 years. The country was given a republican constitution (1870). The political institutions established during the decades of dictatorship, which had made seem the existence of Paraguay a threat to their neighbours, were dismantled.
In 1874 the COLORADO Party was formed, representing the landowning elite; in 1887 the LIBERAL Party was established. The Colorados ruled until 1904, the Liberals from 1904 to 1940. Paraguay had many short-lived governments, 4 alone in 1912 (administrations formed by members of the same party).
Paraguay's economy developed slowly, the country encouraged immigration, both minute in comparison with it's big neighbours Argentina and Brazil. In World War I Paraguay stayed neutral, as the country had a small but influential community of German immigrants. In 1889 the UNIVERSITY OF ASUNCION was founded. In 1897 the Diocesis of Asuncion was elevated into an Archdiocesis.





EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from infoplease : Paraguay
Articles from Catholic Encyclopedia : Paraguay
DOCUMENTS Theodore Child, The Republic of Paraguay, from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1891, pp.222-242, from Cornell Digital Library Collection
REFERENCE John Gunther : A Semi-Affectionate Look at Paraguay, in : John Gunther, Inside South America, NY : Harper & Row 1964, pp.238-256 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp.1092-1094 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Statesman's Year Book 1878 pp.557-561, 1889 pp.653-659, 1895 pp.805-808, 1898 pp.805-809, 1901 pp.899-904, 1902 pp.917-922, 1905 pp.976-981, 1910 pp.1080-1085 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : International Year Book 1898 pp.595-597, 1899 pp.622-624, 1900 pp.697-698 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : New International Year Book 1907 p.509, 1908 pp.537-538, 1909 pp.555-556, 1910 pp.558-559, 1913 pp.534-535, 1914 pp.528-529, 1916 pp.516-517, 1917 pp.521-522, 1918 pp.477-478 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events 1886 p.728, 1894 pp.636-637 [G]



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