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WEDGED between South American heavyweights Argentina and Brazil, Paraguay has long been ignored by the international community. Small, landlocked and poor, it was often seen as just a fly-over country.

So it’s a little surprising – to both those in the capital and in the region – that the country of 6.1 million people is suddenly having a moment.

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