1870-1918 1945-1954







Paraguay 1918-1945



After World War I, Paraguay continued to see numerous short-lived governments. The Liberals ruled until 1940, then to be succeeded, after a coup, by the Colorados. In 1932 Bolivia, striving to gain a port on the navigable Paraguay river, provoked a war over the ill-defined border to Paraguay. Against expectations, Paraguay's army gained the upper hand, and when the war was ended in 1935, Bolivia had lost most of it's CHACO province to Paraguay.
The war had exhausted tiny Paraguay, both militarily and economically.
Paraguay joined the League of Nations in 1935. In 1936 the Communist Party was outlawed. Through most of World War II, it remained neutral, declaring war on Germany in 1945.





EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from infoplease : Paraguay
Articles from Catholic Encyclopedia : Paraguay
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Chapter XVIII : Paraguay is Ruritania, pp.271-281 in : John Gunther, Inside Latin America, NY : Harper & Row 1940 [G]
Chapter 13 : A Semi-Affectionate Look at Paraguay, pp.238-256 in : John Gunther, Inside South America, NY : Harper & Row (1964) 1967 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1919 pp.1128-1134, 1924 pp.1177-1183, 1925 pp.1185-1191, 1926 pp.1147-1152, 1928 pp.1180-1185, 1929 pp.1158-1164, 1932 pp.1177-1182, 1937 pp.1214-1220, 1942 pp.1167-1174, 1943 pp.1157-1163 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Americana Annual 1927 pp.656-658, 1928 pp.608-609, 1930 pp.594-595, 1931 pp.582-583, 1932 pp.549-550, 1933 pp.584-585, 1934 pp.456-457, 1935 pp.547-549, 1936 pp.561-562, 1937 pp.552-553, 1938 pp.539-540, 1939 pp.602-603, 1940 pp.615-616, 1943 pp.579-580, 1944 pp.556-557, 1945 pp.567-568, 1946 pp.584-585 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1944 p.532, 1945 p.533 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : New International Year Book 1919 pp.494-495, 1920 pp.513-515, 1921 p.536, 1922 pp.539-541, 1923 pp.560-561, 1924 pp.558-559, 1925 pp.529-530, 1926 pp.576-577, 1928 pp.567-569, 1929 pp.638-639, 1930 pp.594-595, 1931 pp.625-626, 1932 pp.627-628, 1933 pp.633-634, 1934 pp.545-546, 1935 pp.559-560, 1938 pp.569-571, 1939 pp.599-600, Events of 1940 pp.581-583, 1941 pp.499-501, 1942 pp.527-529, 1943 pp.469-471, 1944 pp.462-463, 1945 pp.444-446 [G]



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