Privations, disease and the combined forces of…

Privations, disease and the combined forces of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil have annihilated well over half of Paraguay’s population in five years of conflict.

Paraguay’s economy is in ruins.

The severely reduced Paraguayan population, now largely composed of women, children and old men, will take decades to recover.

The specific numbers of casualties in the Paraguyan War are hotly disputed.

It has been estimated that three hundred thousand Paraguayans, mostly civilians, died.