Paraguay History Timeline
Paraguay's Information

Land Area | 397,302 km2 |
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Water Area | 9,450 km2 |
Total Area | 406,752km2 (#59) |
Population | 6,862,812 (#104) |
Population Density | 17.27/km2 |
Government Type | Presidential Republic |
GDP (PPP) | $64.67 Billion |
GDP Per Capita | $9,500 |
Currency | Guarani (PYG) |
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- (1525) Portuguese explorer Alejo Garcia visited Paraguay
- (1526) Sebastian Cabot explored rivers of Paraguay
- (1537) Juan de Salazar founded Asucion, capital of Paraguay
- (1542) Spanish colonists settled Asuncion
- (1609) Spanish Jesuits converted local population to Roman Catholicism
- (1811) Paraguay became independent
- (1865-1870) Paraguay lost 90% of adult male population and large tracts of land in the war of Triple Alliance with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay over sea access
- (1932-1935) Paraguay won territory in west from Bolivia during Chaco War
- (1945) Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador joined United Nations
- (1989) General Andres Rodriguez staged coup to oust General Alfredo Stroessner; Andres Rodriguez elected president in first free presidential elections in 35 years
- (1992) New democratic constitution promulgated
- (1993) Juan Carlos Wasmosy won presidential elections
- (1998) Raul Cubas elected president amid fraud allegations
- (1999) President Raul Cubas resigned in wake of assassination of vice-president Luis Maria Argana; senator Luis Gonzalez Macchi sworn in as president
- (2000)Army major, two men sentenced to prison terms for Argana's murder
- (2001) Head of central bank resigned over alleged involvement in fraudulent transfers of $16 million to US bank account
- (2002) President Gonzalez Macchi accused of corruption for alleged role in illegal investment scandal; congress voted impeachment proceedings, Macchi survived vote to remove him from office
- (2003) Nicanor Duarte Frutos sworn in as president; predecessor Luis Gonzalez Macchi barred from leaving country, put on trail for corruption charges
- (2004) Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former president Raul Cubas, kidnapped, murdered
- (2005) Cecilia Cubas' body found
- (2006) 15 members of radical leftist group convicted, sentenced for kidnapping, murder of Cecilia Cubas
- (2007) Government declared state of emergency due to outbreak of dengue fever
- (2008) Former Roman Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo was inaugurated, ended 61 years of one-party rule
- (2009) Brazil agreed to triple compensation to Paraguay to operate Itaipu hydro-electric dam on shared border
- (2010) Security forces launched operations against left-wing rebel group blamed for flood of violent incidents in northern Paraguay
This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.
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