peter: mario, could you pass me the sopa paraguaya? the paraguayan soup. anthony: that s soup? peter: yeah. mario: soup. it s very unique. peter: our dictator lopez, his favorite soup was a corn soup. and, one day, he ordered his favorite soup, and the cook, when he opened the pot, it was a cake. anthony: paraguay has not been noted for its history of kinder, gentler leaders. in the 1800s, two generations of lopez, father and son, one dictator after the other, certainly left their marks on this country. peter: lopez was pretty much known that for putting the wrong stamp on a letter, you get shot. so the cook didn t want to get shot. and he showed up in front of lopez and said, this is paraguayan soup! sopa paraguaya! and the dictator ate it, and he liked it! and a bit later, the entire
sixty-something. anthony: right. his sixty-something year-old mother was flogged and beaten in front of him. not a nice man. peter: he believed that he had a chance to get married with the daughter of the imperator of brazil. anthony: of brazil, that s right, yeah. he was refused in very unflattering terms. thanks presumably, to lopez jr. s expansionist ambitions, he dragged paraguay into the triple alliance war. he essentially challenged all three neighbors. pedro: brazil, argentina, and uruguay. anthony: to war. this doesn t seem like a good idea. pedro: ah, yeah. anthony: right. in what would become the bloodiest war in latin america s history, hundreds of thousands of paraguayans died. when lopez ran out of adults, he sent children into the field dressed only in rags, armed with sticks pained to look like guns. guido: my great-grandfather was a ten year-old boy and he was dressed like a girl because
soup. and, one day, he ordered his favorite soup, and the cook, when he opened the pot, it was a cake. anthony: paraguay has not been noted for its history of kinder, gentler leaders. in the 1800s, two generations of lopez, father and son, one dictator after the other, certainly left their marks on this country. peter: lopez was pretty much known that for putting the wrong stamp on a letter, you get shot. so the cook didn t want to get shot. and he showed up in front of lopez and said, this is paraguayan soup! sopa paraguaya! and the dictator ate it, and he liked it! and a bit later, the entire country eat it. anthony: it s like cheesy cornbread! peter: yeah. anthony: awesome. good meal.
thanks presumably, to lopez jr. s expansionist ambitions, he dragged paraguay into the triple alliance war. he essentially challenged all three neighbors. pedro: brazil, argentina, and uruguay. anthony: to war. this doesn t seem like a good idea. pedro: ah, yeah. anthony: right. in what would become the bloodiest war in latin america s history, hundreds of thousands of paraguayans died. when lopez ran out of adults, he sent children into the field dressed only in rags, armed with sticks pained to look like guns. guido: my great-grandfather was a ten year-old boy and he was dressed like a girl because otherwise he was going to be enrolled in the army. anthony: lopez, eventually, he was hunted down. madame lynch survived. guido: yes. she survived. anthony: but with her money? i mean, she was allowed to keep her possessions? guido: yes.
anthony: i m hungry. what s good here? peter: we opted for the soup from the mandi y fish. it s a little catfish. peter: and, okay, the saying is that it makes man very powerful. anthony: ahh. what s what s he got over there? that looks good. peter: gnocchi and stew. there was a good italian influence in paraguay, so maybe this stew comes from this side. colonies from all over the world. anthony: so you invite them, give them the catfish soup, make their dicks hard and be fruitful. peter: mario, could you pass me the sopa paraguaya? the paraguayan soup. anthony: that s soup? peter: yeah. mario: soup. it s very unique. peter: our dictator lopez, his favorite soup was a corn