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The padlock says it all...
Shotguns, handguns and semi-automatic weapons were readily available over the counter. They had a special offer on riot shields, I seem to remember.
A view of the shanty town next door provided a depressing commentary on the success of Paraguay's leaders to counter the country's endemic poverty.
The pink building behind the statue is the Palacio Legislativo. In May 2000, an army general attempted to stage a one-man coup by driving a tank into the square and opening fire on the building. He was not successful & the hole has since been repaired.
Note the gouged-out eyes. This violence of Paraguay's colonial past is everywhere apparent...
One of Paraguay's mad dictators once decreed that anybody caught looking at this building would be "shot in the act".
It's amazing that someone who did so much harm to the country should get a public statue.
Staged outside the Panteón De Los Heroes.
More a private residence than a hotel, but nice enough.
The name says it all really. It had either closed down or was very unpopular.
One in a long line of crazed Paraguayan dictators...
