Asunción, Oct 12 (EFE).- Hundreds of indigenous people in Paraguay demanded their communities’ rights to land and drinking water during a march that toured the streets of Asunción on Thursday to mark the “Day of Indigenous Resistance.” Adults, youth, and children from different parts of the country gathered in front of the Congress, from where …
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Paraguay s National Institute of Statistics (INE) Thursday released its preliminary conclusions on the country s latest census, whereby the entire population would amount to 6,109,644 people (3,078,994 are men and 3,030,650 are women), thus falling noticeably short of the 2015 projections that foresaw 7,453,695 inhabitants by 2022, it was reported in Asunción. A total of 2,109,864 dwellings were counted nationwide.