LOMA GRANDE, Paraguay — When it came time to choose a wedding venue, Margarita Gayoso and her partner Christian Ojeda knew exactly where they wanted to go. Despite living in Spain, the couple traveled ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — When she was a student in Paraguay, teachers forced her to kneel on jagged granules of salt and maize for entire mornings as punishment for speaking her mother tongue, Guaraní, in ...

When it came time to choose a wedding venue, Margarita Gayoso and her partner Christian Ojeda knew exactly where they wanted to go. Despite living in Spain, the couple travelled to their long-missed ...

A pedestrian passes a mural that rads in the Guarani language "Che rete, che mba'e" which means "My body is mine" in Asuncion, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) LOMA GRANDE, Paraguay (AP) ...

Reflecting this deep connection to their language, the Guaraní people fiercely resisted learning Spanish. That’s why early European missionaries saw no other option but to learn Guaraní for ...