Twelfth Bough

We have written about Paraguay several times. We are always amazed how popular the Paraguay posts seem to be. It defies reason how many people come here just to read about Paraguay. Sort of spooky if you know what I mean. We've written about Paraguay and the capital Asuncion, and the Tri-Border Area, and the strange things that happen there. Today we will look at Northern Paraguay. Here is a map of Northern Paraguay (click to enlarge) from a real estate website. Please note Filadelfia, just below the center. Filadelfia is reportedly where Nancy Pelosi and other celebrities go for R&R. See: east of Asuncion This is the beginning of that story as told by Crad Kilodney in July 2009: I was having lunch with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi at Opera Plaza Sushi in San Francisco about six months ago, and she said to me, “Every so often, I need to get away from it all.  I want to go where nobody knows me, where I can relax and have a change of scenery.  So I go to...

A curious story from Paraguay... Belgian Couple Murdered in Paraguay ASUNCION – A Belgian couple was shot to death at their farm in Piribebuy, located 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Asuncion, when they resisted a robbery attempt by four men, Paraguayan police said on Thursday. Jacques Pierre F.G. Graulle and his wife, Thoelen Marcelle Roberte Henriette, who owned the Don Juan farm, were killed Wednesday night. The farm is located on one of the roads that leads to Piribebuy, a town in Central province. A foreign citizen, who was not identified by police, told investigators she was dining with the couple when four armed men wearing ski masks entered the farmhouse. Graulle fired at the assailants with his firearm, killing one of the men and wounding another, who fled from the scene with the other two men, the eyewitness said. Graulle’s body was found on the floor with several gunshot wounds, while his wife was dead in a chair and the as...

On one of my many blogging forays into Paraguay , a story about a Belgian couple murdered in May. Belgian Couple Murdered in Paraguay ASUNCION – A Belgian couple was shot to death at their farm in Piribebuy, located 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Asuncion, when they resisted a robbery attempt by four men, Paraguayan police said on Thursday. Jacques Pierre F.G. Graulle and his wife, Thoelen Marcelle Roberte Henriette, who owned the Don Juan farm, were killed Wednesday night. The farm is located on one of the roads that leads to Piribebuy, a town in Central province. A foreign citizen, who was not identified by police, told investigators she was dining with the couple when four armed men wearing ski masks entered the farmhouse. This week, another similar story: German Couple Murdered in Paraguay ASUNCION – A German couple was killed and their bodies thrown into a well at the ranch house they lived at in Ypacarai, a town located 35 kilometers (22 miles) east...

US officials set to visit Paraguay and Uruguay this week. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo A. Valenzuela will be in Asuncion, Paraguay November 8–9 and in Montevideo, Uruguay November 9–10.   In both countries, he will meet with government officials and political, business, and civil society leaders to discuss bilateral and regional issues such as opportunities for increased trade, educational exchanges and science and technology cooperation, as well as avenues to improve security and stability for the Western Hemisphere... ...because of all the terrorists and organized criminals in Paraguay and Uruguay. Fernando Lugo in May and October 2010. tiwy.com Proving that he is a sick president?     Diplomats from six Latin American countries, including Paraguay, visiting Georgia this week. Georgian Foreign Minister, Grigol Vashadze, met with a group of diplomats from six Latin American countries visiting Georgia on November...