Paraguay Study & Guide - AllRefer - Paraguay Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* Historical Setting
o DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
+ Early Explorers and Conquistadores
+ The Young Colony
+ The Sword of the Word
o INDEPENDENCE AND DICTATORSHIP
+ Struggle with the Porte�os
+ The Rise of Jos� Gaspar Rodr�guez de Francia
+ El Supremo Dictador
o DICTATORSHIP AND WAR
+ Carlos Antonio L�pez
+ Francisco Solano L�pez
+ The War of the Triple Alliance
o LIBERALS VERSUS COLORADOS
+ The Postwar Period
+ The First Colorado Era
+ Liberal Decades
+ The Chaco War and the February Revolution
+ Mor�nigo and World War II
o THE STRONATO
+ The 1954 Coup
+ Consolidation of the Stroessner Regime
+ International Factors and the Economy
+ Toward the 1980s
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY
+ External Boundaries
+ Natural Regions
# The Parane�a Region
# The Chaco Region
+ Drainage
+ Climate
o POPULATION
o SOCIAL RELATIONS
+ Family and Kin
+ Ritual Kinship
o RURAL SOCIETY
o MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
o RELIGION IN SOCIETY
o MINORITY GROUPS
+ Immigrants
+ Indians
o EDUCATION
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
* The Economy
o GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
o ECONOMIC POLICY
+ Fiscal Policy
# Expenditures
# Revenues
+ Monetary Policy
+ Exchange-Rate Policy
o LABOR
o AGRICULTURE
+ Land Tenure
+ Land Reform and Land Policy
+ Land Use
+ Crops
# Export Crops
# Food Crops
+ Farming Technology
+ Livestock
+ Forestry and Fishing
o ENERGY
+ Electricity
# Itaip�, Yacyret�, and Corpus
+ Petroleum
+ Renewable Energy Resources
o INDUSTRY
+ Manufacturing
+ Construction
o SERVICES
+ Financial System
+ Tourism
+ Transportation
# Ports and Rivers
# Roads and Vehicles
# Rail System
# Air Service
+ Communications
o EXTERNAL SECTOR
+ External Trade
+ Balance of Payments and Debt
+ Foreign Assistance
* Government and Politics
o THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
+ Constitutional Development
+ The Executive
+ The Legislature
+ The Judiciary
+ Local Government
+ The Electoral System
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ The Twin Pillars of the Stroessner Regime
# The Armed Forces
# The Colorado Party
+ Opposition Parties
+ Political Developments Since 1986
+ Interest Groups
# The Roman Catholic Church
# Business
# Urban Labor
# Rural Labor
# Students
+ The Media
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Argentina and Brazil
+ The United States
* National Security
o THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
o THE ARMED FORCES IN THE NATIONAL LIFE
+ Missions
+ Manpower
+ Defense Spending
o ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT
+ The Army
+ The Navy
+ The Air Force
o PUBLIC ORDER AND INTERNAL SECURITY
+ Security and Political Offenses
+ Crime
+ The Police
+ The Criminal Justice System
# The Penal Code
# Criminal Procedure
# The Prison System
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary