Paraguay [ Paraguay - Paraguay ]

Official languages: Spanish, Guarani

General Resources:

• Paraguay Gobierno

National Institutions:

• Presidencia de la República [Presidency of the Republic]
  • Secretaría Técnica de Planificación (STP) [Technical Secretariat of Planning]
    • Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEC) [General Directorate of Statistics, Opinion Surveys and Census]
  • Secretaria Nacional de la Reforma del Estado (SNRE) [National Secretariat of State Reform]
  • Secretaría Nacional Antidroga (SENAD) [National Antidrug Secretariat]
• Cámara de Diputados [Chamber of Deputies]
• Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) [Ministry of Agriculture and Cattle]
  • Dirección de Censos y Estadísticas Agropecuarias [Directorate of Agricultural Census and Statistics]
• Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (MEC) [Ministry of Education and Culture]
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MRE) [Ministry of External Relations]
  • Secretaría pro Tempore del Grupo de Rio
• Ministerio de Hacienda [Ministry of Finance]
• Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) [Ministry of Industry and Commerce]
  • Dirección General de Promoción de las Exportaciones e Inversiones (PROPARAGUAY)
  • Centro de Apoyo a las Empreses (CEPAE)
  • Consejo Nacional de Industrias Maquiladoras de Exportación (CNIME)
• Ministerio del Interior [Ministry of Interior]
  • Policia Nacional del Paraguay [National Police of Paraguay]
  • Comité de Emergencia Nacional (CEN) [Committee of National Emergency]
• Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social (MSPBS) [Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare]
  • Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) [National Institute of Health]
• Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC) [Ministry of Public Works and Communication]
• Secretaría Nacional de Turismo [National Secretariat of Tourism]
  • Dirección de Turismo (DITUR) [Directorate for Tourism]
• Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC) [National Directorate of Civil Aviation]
• Administración Nacional de Navegación y Puertos (ANNP) [National Administration of Navigation and Ports]
• Ministerio Público
• Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP) [Central Bank of Paraguay]
• Contraloría General de la República
• Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral (TSJE) <additional site> [Superior Court of Electoral Justice]
  • Centro de Información, Documentación y Educación Electoral (CIDEE) [Centre of Information, Documentation and Electoral Education]
• Poder Judicial

Regional Institutions:

• Departamento de Caaguazú
• Departamento de Cordillera

Municipal Institutions:

• Municipalidad de Asuncion [Municipality of Asuncion]
• Municipalidad de Fernando De La Mora [Municipality of Fernando De La Mora]

Representations in Foreign Countries:

• Consulado General del Paraguay en San Pablo, Brasil [Consulate General of Paraguay in São Paulo, Brazil]
• Embajada del Paraguay en Ottawa, Canadá [Embassy of Paraguay in Ottawa, Canada]
• Consulado Honorario del Paraguay en Munich, Alemania [Honorary Consulate of Paraguay in Munich, Germany]
• Embajada del Paraguay en Tokio, Japón [Embassy of Paraguay in Tokyo, Japan]
• Mision Permanente del Paraguay ante las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra [Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations in Geneva]

Additional Information:

General Information:

• The World Factbook (by the CIA)
• Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
• Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)

Political Information:

• Elections around the world (by Wilfried Derksen)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
• Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)
• World Statesmen (by Benjamin Cahoon)
• Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
• The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)
• Regents of the world (by Enno Schulz)

Information from Encyclopedias:

• Columbia Encyclopedia (by Columbia University Press)

Touristic Information:

• World Travel Guide (by Columbus Publishing Ltd.)
• Lonely Planet Destinations (by Lonely Planet Publications)

Information on Human Rights:

• Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
• Freedom in the World (by Freedom House, Inc.)

Other Information:

• Human Development Report (by United Nations Development Programme)
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
• Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
• World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)