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   ocr: PARAGUAY R - - - Official Name: Republic ofParaguay Capital: Asuncion Population: 4.5 million Currency: Guarani Official Languages: Spanish and Guarani LANDLOCKED IN CENTRAL SOUTH Cerro Leon America and a Spanish possession 1000m until 1811, Paraguay wonlarge tracts ofland - GRAN from Bolivia in 1835. From then until the overthrow in 1989 of General Stroessner, South America'slongest-surviving dictator, it GHACO experienced: periods of anarchy and military rule. The River Paraguay divides the eastern hills andi fertile plains, where 90% of people live, from the almost uninhabited Chaco in the ...