In the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion, there is a village called Cateura built practically on top of the city’s main landfill. Families eke out a living sorting through the trash and selling whatever ...

Click on the audio buttons to listen to music from the mission era, including the work of Domenico Zipoli. And listen to two contemporary compositions by Luis Szarán. "When the producers were working ...

Asunción, 7 may (EFE).Asunción, 7 may (EFE). — La guitarrista paraguaya Berta Rojas fue reconocida hoy por el Senado de su país como “Embajadora del arte musical” ante el mundo, en una ceremonia en la ...

In landlocked Paraguay, Dictator-President Higinio Morínigo could hardly be blamed for overlooking Admiral Mahan’s classic studies of the influence of sea power on history. There was less excuse for ...

Universidad y Folklore se denomina el espectáculo que se presenta esta noche, a las 20.30, en el Centro Paraguayo-Japonés (Julio Correa y Domingo Portillo), en el marco del cierre del ciclo 2009 del ...

CATEURA, Paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...

A U.S. ambassador is ending his 38-year diplomatic career with a song — recording an album of music in the Guarani language that has made him a Paraguayan recording star. James Cason said Friday he ...

The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-ray print-outs serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks from what ...

Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different Latin American country with a curated playlist of essential tracks, fresh voices and wild cards. There's a lake called ...

UPDATE (3/23): Continued inclement weather in Paraguay’s capital city of Asunción forced organizers of the two-day Asunciónico festival to cancel the event entirely on Wednesday. The cancellation ...