Contra Paraguay Filming Locations
Contra Paraguay Filming Locations
Paraguay is a landlocked country between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia, home to large swaths of swampland, subtropical forest and chaco, wildernesses comprising savanna and scrubland. The capital, Asunción, on the banks of the Paraguay River, is home to the grand Government Palace and the Museo del Barro, displaying pre-Columbian ceramics and ñandutí lacework, the latter available in many shops.
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km², making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world.
Contra Paraguay (2014)
In the 19th Century something happened that is little known regardless the importance it had: the biggest South American War, were 4 Countries were involved. How is it possible to understand this war of which we know little to nothing? Was it a war between Countries? Did Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay make an alliance against Paraguay? Why is it named in so many different ways? The Paraguayan War, the Triple Alliance War, The 70's War. How to call it, when your choice already implies your agreement on a point of view? The results: half a million deaths and the nearly annihilation of the Guarani population. Gustavo, a young historian, takes on a journey from Buenos Aires to Paraguay to uncover these questions. Through its battled fields and speaking with their inhabitants he will discover a word to mouth history that will defy the academic side of it. To these questions historians will have other questions like: What is the role of history in society? Why are historic facts changed? Is it possible that history is interpreted according to current history
