{"id":178,"count":2,"description":"Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: Rep\u00fablica del Paraguay), is a small country in South America. It is landlocked, meaning that it is not next to the ocean. It is bordered to the North and East by Brazil, the West by Bolivia, and the South and Southeast by Argentina. The main languages are Spanish and Guaran\u00ed. Paraguay's population is about 6 million. The ethnic makeup of the population is the following: Mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian) 80%, European 20%, unmixed Amerindian 1-3%, Asian 1-4%.\r\n\r\nOver (20%) of the population lives below the poverty line.\r\n\r\nParaguay has two official languages, Spanish and Guaran\u00ed. Guaran\u00ed is recognized as a national language.\r\n\r\nThe capital city is Asuncion. Asuncion was founded in 1537 by a Spaniard named Juan de Salazar. Paraguay was a colony of Spain, but became independent in 1811. ","link":"https:\/\/upmercosur.org\/site\/category\/paraguay-block\/","name":"Paraguay Block","slug":"paraguay-block","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upmercosur.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upmercosur.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upmercosur.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/upmercosur.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}