anthony: el supremo! gotta love it. anthony: a nearly two-hundred year succession of dictators began in 1811, when josé gaspar rodríguez de francia declared himself el supremo for life. de francia insisted paraguay become a mestizo, mixed-race society. mario: paraguayans are neither spanish nor indians. we are mestizos. anthony: yep. peter: el supremo forbid maritals between whites and whites; he produced the mestizos by force. anthony: today, ninety-five of paraguayans are of mixed spanish and guarani blood. mario: and we usually speak the two languages. anthony:right. this is central market? mario: mercado cuatro. anthony: cuatro? this is the big one? mario: the biggest one, the most popular one.
peter: they talk guarani automatically. i m married toa paraguayan woman, and when her father s coming, they automatically talk guarani, and i m, more or less, out. anthony: a proudly mestizo society. guido: yes. anthony: was it de francia? guido: yeah. el supremo. anthony: el supremo! gotta love it. anthony: a nearly two-hundred year succession of dictators began in 1811, when josé gaspar rodríguez de francia declared himself el supremo for life. de francia insisted paraguay become a mestizo, mixed-race society. mario: paraguayans are neither spanish nor indians. we are mestizos. anthony: yep. peter: el supremo forbid maritals between whites and whites; he produced the mestizos by force.
paraguay was a very poor country. the spaniards came because there was a lot of silver in the area. they found nothing, so they lost interest in paraguay. this is the only country in latin america where the indigenous language is the official language. i m married to a paraguayan woman and when the fathers come in, they automatically talk in the language, and i m more or less out. a proud society. yes. el supremo. got to love it.
they told me automatically, i m married to a paraguayan woman and when the fathers come in, they automatically talk in the language, and i m more or less out. a proud society. yes. francia? el supremo. he will supremo. gotta love it. in 2011, a leader declared himselfel supremo for life. de franceive a insisted they become a mixed-race society. we are mestizos. they prohibit marriage between whites. today 95% of paraguayans are
we are mestizos. and el supremo, they prohibit marriage between whites. he produced the mestizos by force. today 95% of paraguayans are of mixed blood. and we usually speak two languages. right. the central market? the biggest one. i m hungry. what s good here? we opted for the little fish. it s a catfish. and, okay. the saying is that it makes man very powerful. ah. what s he got over there.