Paraguay
ParaguayA landlocked country in south-central South America, bordered by Bolivia and Brazil on the north and Argentina on the south.
Physical.
The navigable Paraguay River, running down the middle of the country, joins the Paraná and provides access to the sea. In the west the Gran Chaco provides rich pasture and hardwood forests. In the east, the land rises to a low range of forested hills, to the south of which there are swamps and palm-fringed, shallow lakes.Economy.
Paraguay has a primarily agricultural economy, with cotton and soya beans the principal exports, and subsistence crops of cassava and maize. The construction of the Itaipú dam ( 1985 ), the world's largest hydroelectric project, benefited the economy, but high inflation and debt remain a problem. Industry is restricted to textiles, food-processing, and cement.History.
Paraguay was part of Spain's Rio de la Plata territory from...[The entire page is 546 words long]
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