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Brazilian Colonization of the Eastern Border Region of Paraguay*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

Andrew Nickson
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The Eastern Border Region (EBR) of Paraguay (defined as the present-day administrative Departments of Amambay, Canendiyú and Alto Paraná) is one of the few remaining frontier zones suitable for intensive agricultural development in the southern cone of Latin America. Comprising 35 percent (about 5.4 million has.) of the area of eastern Paraguay, its natural resources remained largely unexploited until the mid-1960s, itself a reflection of the very poor growth performance of the Paraguayan economy throughout most of the 20th century in comparison with neighbouring countries.

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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , May 1981 , pp. 111 - 131
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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39 The Inter-American Development Bank is currently negotiating a US$14 million loan and the World Bank a US$25 million loan for consolidation of IBR colonies in the EBR.

40 The largest eviction of this kind so far was at Yhu, Caaguazú in 1976 when ranches and crops belonging to 300 campesino families were burnt by Paraguayan troops. During 1968–74 over 300 Aché died as a consequence of manhunts in the EBR.

41 For example, labour demand for the Gulf and Western 54,000 has, soya project in the Department of Alto Paraná has been met almost totally from two neighbouring IBR colonies.

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