Asunción, the capital and largest city of Paraguay. *Photo from Wikipedia
May 14 is Paraguay’s Flag Day, the real date of the independence of Paraguay from Spain in 1811. Celebration continues the next main day, Independence Day.
The indigenous Guaraní had been living in Paraguay for at least a millennium before the Spanish conquered the territory in the 16th century. Spanish settlers and Jesuit missions introduced Christianity and Spanish culture to the region. Paraguay was a peripheral colony of the Spanish Empire, with few urban centers and settlers.
In early 1811 Paraguayan forces had repeatedly defeated Argentinian army which considered Paraguay to be a break-away province. Paraguay overthrew the local Spanish administration on May 14, 1811.
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de Sudamérica (“Heart of South America”).
*Reference: Wikipedia
