I hope this isn't an unwarranted bump, but there was a time when, for about a century and a half, Paraguay was actually one of the *best* countries in the world. In fact, it was, apparently, the first fully literate society in history. And it was all thanks to those surprisingly enlightened Jesuits. It's a very little-known period, which makes it hard to find information to link to, but have a look at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6497/jesuits.html