Luis Bareiro Spaini served as a Paraguayan Minister of National Defense under President Fernando Lugo until 2010. [1] [2] He is rumored to be planning a run for president. [3]
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area.
José Luis Félix Chilavert González is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol and the Paraguay national team.
Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos is a Paraguayan lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the 47th President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008. A member of the Colorado Party, he became the central figure of Paraguayan politics during his presidency.
Fredy José Bareiro Gamarra is a Paraguayan former footballer.
Cándido Pastor Bareiro Caballero was President of Paraguay from 27 November 1878 to 4 September 1880 and the leading politician of the post-war decade.
Juan Bautista Egusquiza Isasi was a Paraguayan military officer and politician who served as the 13th president of Paraguay from 1894 to 1898.
Tomás Romero Pereira was a Paraguayan architect and politician who served as President of Paraguay from May to August of 1954. He was installed as president by Alfredo Stroessner after the coup of 4 May against President Federico Chaves. Romero Pereira quickly held elections, which fraudulently elected Stroessner president.
12 de Octubre Football Club is a Paraguayan football club from the city of Itauguá that currently plays in the División Intermedia, the second division of Football in Paraguay. Founded in 1914, the club's home venue is Estadio Luis Alberto Salinas Tanasio.
Football is by far the most popular sport in Paraguay. Paraguay's national team has played at eight FIFA World Cup competitions and has won two Copa América tournaments. Olimpia Asunción is the country's most successful club in domestic and international competitions. Paraguay's football leagues are divided into four divisions. In 2020, Paraguay's top-tier was ranked 8th in the world by the IFFHS.
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005. He was elected as president in 2008, an election that ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.
Miss Paraguay is a national beauty pageant in Paraguay established in 1957 that selects the Paraguay's representative to Miss Intercontinental and Reinado Internacional del Café.
Néstor Fabián Bareiro Leguizamón is a Paraguayan footballer forward who plays for Deportivo Recoleta.
Diego Josué Madrigal Ulloa is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Sporting San Jose in the Liga FPD. Madrigal was a member of Costa Rica's under-20 team that finished fourt at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
Nery Rubén Bareiro Zorrilla is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a centre back for San Lorenzo. In 2006, he won the Milk Cup with Paraguay's under-20 team.
The 2018 División Profesional season was the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.
Adam Fernando Bareiro Gamarra is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for San Lorenzo, on loan from Monterrey, and the Paraguay national team.
Rubén Bareiro Saguier was a Paraguayan writer, poet and diplomat.
Elisa Mercedes Ruiz Díaz Bareiro was a Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat. She was the Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the Organization of American States (OAS) from 2013 until her death. She served as the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council from 6 April 2021 to 19 May 2021.
The National Prize for Literature is awarded biennially, in odd-numbered years, by the Ministry of Education and Science, to "books in the genres of poetry, narrative, essay, or theater, written in Spanish or Guaraní, by Paraguayan or foreign authors with at least five years of residence in Paraguay." It was established in 1990 by Law No. 97/90, which also created the National Prize for Science, awarded in even-numbered years. This was updated by Law No. 1149 in 1997.