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January 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Agriculture: Texas A&M AgNews: Paraguay RCV Nelson Diarte has joined Texas Cooperative Extension as the new agent for natural resources in Bexar County 02/04 07:15pm [1]
November 20, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: University Administration: The Tennessean: Paraguay RPCV Todd L. Lake named dean for spiritual development at Belmont University 01/16 03:15pm [1]
April 21, 2003: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Education: Monroe Times: Paraguay RPCV Dan Hill prepares for new statewide position in Wisconsin 01/16 03:15pm [1]
September 1, 2003: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Disabilities: MDA Publications: In 1996, Christa Bucks Camacho began a 27-month stay in Paraguay as an urban youth volunteer with the Peace Corps 01/16 03:13pm [1]
January 1, 1996: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: The Minnesota Daily: Paraguay PCV finds the whole world's a school 01/16 03:12pm [1]
December 30, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: The Post-Standard: Jared Susco quit PepsiCo for the Peace Corps, trading big-city corporate America to volunteer in Paraguay 01/16 03:12pm [1]
January 10, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Marriage: Hamilton Journal News: Erin Lloyd de Ortigoza committed her time and talent to help improve an underprivileged community in Paraguay where she met her future husband 01/15 12:34pm [1]
December 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Ponca City News: Amanda Dickson Helping In Paraguay Through the Peace Corps 04/24 09:47pm [2]
September 5, 2004: Headlines: COS- Paraguay: New York Times: Paraguay RPCV Kate Jenny Solomon to marry 11/21 03:59pm [1]
October 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Politics: Election2004 - Wight: Oregon Live: Paraguay RPCV John Wight, the Republican candidate, wants a cap on state funding tied to population growth and inflation in race for Oregon State Senate 11/06 02:28pm [1]
October 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Writing - Paraguay: Alcoholism: Tribe Net: If Paraguay RPCV Toren Volkmann stays sober for three years, he could be allowed to return to the Peace Corps 10/09 12:37am [1]
October 4, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Business: NGO's: All Africa: Paraguay RPCV Bruce McNamer will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Technoserve, a non-profit organization focusing on economic development in Africa and Latin America 10/09 12:36am [1]
October 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Liberty County Times: Bill Novak is headed to Paraguay with the Peace Corps 10/02 03:43pm [1]
September 17, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Writing - Paraguay: Alcoholism: The Olympian: Paraguay RPCV Toren Volkmann writes about Alcoholism 10/02 01:34pm [1]
August 28, 2004: Headlines: COS Paraguay: Youth Programs: Peace Corps Directors - Vasquez: The Kansan: Peace Corps volunteer Elena Foshay showed Director Gaddi Vasquez the urban youth development project she started in Paraguay 09/02 12:52pm [1]
April 29, 2003: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Fulbright Scholarships: Daily News Tribune: Fulbright Scholar Jill Perry heading to Paraguay in Peace Corps 08/30 09:29pm [1]
July 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Writing - Paraguay: Alcoholism: Springs Health and Fitness: Paraguay RPCV Toren Volkmann says College Drinking Poses Severe Consequences 08/19 07:32pm [1]
July 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Writing - Paraguay: Alcoholism: Our Drink: Paraguay RPCV Toren Volkmann : Inside Our Drink 08/19 07:31pm [1]
July 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Writing - Paraguay: Alcoholism: Bookmasters: Paraguay RPCV Toren Volkmann writes Our Drink: Detoxing the Perfect Family 08/19 07:30pm [1]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Child Custody: The Santa Fe New Mexican: RPCV Alexander Noce finds foster daughter in Paraguay 08/18 02:56pm [1]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Beekeeping: NPCA: Chicago Sun Times: K. Courtney Cunningham says "When I was first invited to serve as a beekeeper in Paraguay, South America, I was somewhat apprehensive yet excited." 08/14 05:04pm [1]
August 12, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: The Columbian : As a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay in 1991 and 1992, I saw the profound needs of that impoverished country at the best of times. Now Paraguay suffers the worst of times 08/13 06:31pm [1]
July 19, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Peace Corps Directors - Vasquez: Peace Corps: Director Vasquez Visits Peace Corps' Paraguay Program 07/29 12:32pm [2]
May 6, 2001: Headlines: Politics: Service: COS - Paraguay: Pittsburg Post Gazette: On Murph's turf: Whatever happens on election day, Paraguay RPCV Tom Murphy is at peace with his decisions as Mayor 05/31 01:50pm [1]
May 16, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Foster Parents: Adoption: The Colombian: Paraguay RPCV Bill Byman and his wife Merarda are foster parents to six children 05/17 04:50pm [1]
April 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Third Goal: Health Promotion: Half Moon Bay Review: Former Peace Corps volunteer Besem Obenson will talk about "Healthy Promotion in Rural Paraguay: My Peace Corps Experience" 04/22 04:44pm [1]
March 23, 2004 - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Alejandro Becerra was Director of the Peace Corps in Paraguay 03/23 06:51pm [1]
March 23, 2004 - The Santa Fe New Mexican: RPCV Alexander Noce tries to find foster daughter in Paraguay 03/23 06:50pm [1]
October 1, 2002 - US Embassy in Ascension: With an average of 100 Volunteers arriving annually, Peace Corps/Paraguay is not only working in Agriculture, but in Small Business Development, Health, Education, Environment, Urban Youth and Municipal Services Development 01/04 03:33pm [1]
September 1, 2003 - Swathmore University: John and Julia Stock Sarreal were Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay 03/16 09:28pm [1]
March 5, 2004 - Dallas News: Lesa Laird leaves Peace Corps in Paraguay to marry the man she loves 03/08 12:25am [1]
January 28, 2004 - Roanoke Times: Peace Corps volunteer Taylor Beauregard brings aid to Paraguay 02/26 01:08pm [2]
February 15, 2004 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Paraguay RPCV Dencie Munns dies in Milwaukee 02/17 08:44pm [1]
February 16, 2004 - Nashville City Paper: Before Marilyn Bruner joined The City Paper as a news reporter, she served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. Every Monday she'll share herbal and medicinal tips she gathered from her experience 02/16 11:13pm [1]
February 9, 2004 - Nashivlee City Paper: RPCV Marilyn Bruner says after her Peace Corps days in Paraguay, South America, Valentine's Day seems a bit silly 02/10 09:39pm [1]
February 1, 2004 - Indianapolis Star: Brother and Sister Jill and Brad Rateike serve in Paraguay and Uzbekistan 02/04 11:30pm [1]
January 17, 2004 - Pittsburg Post Gazette: Paraguay RPCV Tom Murphy is a dreamer 01/26 06:38pm [1]
January 18, 2004 - Pittsburg Mayor's Office: When Paraguay RPCV Tom Murphy first took office in January 1994, Pittsburgh was suffering from one of the worst inferiority complexes in its history 11/29 07:50pm [1]
March 30, 1989 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Michelle Drabiski who died while serving in Paraguay in March, 1989 at Age 23 08/14 05:33pm [6]
April 30, 2002 - Cumberland Times-News: Nick Valentine official Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay 10/06 12:07pm [1]
October 4, 2003 - Durango Herald: Jonah and Natalie Panther may be headed for Paraguay in Peace Corps 10/04 03:58pm [1]
September 29, 2003 - Washington Post: David Einhorn introduced to soccer as Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay 09/29 10:06am [1]
September 24, 2003 - River Valley Reader: Paraguay RPCV Gena and Todd Ollendieck on Northeast Iowa Artists’ Studio Tour 09/24 03:28pm [1]
August 20, 2003 - Ripon University: Taking Volunteerism Seriously 08/23 10:07pm [1]
July 7, 2003 - The Athens News: Paraguay RPCV Ann Charles Watts is new Executive Director of Athens County Habitat for Humanity 07/11 11:09am [1]
Rafting the Amazon by Charles Brennick: I’d been traveling for about a month since I finished my service with the Peace Corps in Paraguay. I was with my Chilean girlfriend, Pali and our hope was to reach Venezuela, by land. 07/16 09:13am [1]
Elegy for a Giraffe: Roger Wentling served as a peace corps volunteer in Paraguay 03/28 11:04pm [2]
Academic Resources - Paraguay 07/06 07:14pm [1]
The whole world's a school: Kevin Burns met his wife, Ada, while he was volunteering for the Peace Corps in a village six hours from Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. 07/05 09:39am [1]
Julianne Hammink was a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay from 1992 to 1995 who lived outside the town of San Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz, and worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, teaching beekeeping and soil conservation. 07/01 05:17pm [1]
Peace Corps Paraguay, 1984-1986 - Ñu Pyajhu Guasu - Caazapa - Paraguay 11/21 10:27am [2]
A Peace Corps Page about Paraguay 07/01 05:14pm [1]
Krysta Jones - Volunteer in Paraguay 08/01 11:48am [2]
Andrea Hansis-Diarte - Health Paraguay 04/20 02:13pm [2]
May 20, 2002 - The Post Crescent: James Geenen New Country Director for Paraguay 05/29 12:57pm [1]
Web Sites about Paraguay [0]
May 6 - Pittsburg Post Gazzette: Pittsburg Mayor and Paraguay RPCV Tom Murphy 12/28 09:46pm [1]
August 20, 2003 - Ripon University: Rachel Thompson trained for one month in Guarumbaré, Paraguay, before deciding not to carry out her Peace Corps assignment 08/20 09:08am [1]
August 20, 2003 - DePauw University: Dan Ehlman is in the Peace Corps and was assigned to Habitat Paraguay as part of his Peace Corps duties 08/20 09:05am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Virginia Commonwealth University: Christina Turner: This new school was being constructed by the community we lived in during our Peace Corps days. 08/20 09:03am [1]
August 20, 2003 - San Jacinto Records: From 1981-83, I was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in a very small rural area, calle 12,000, which is in central Paraguay, South America. 10/12 10:27pm [3]
August 20, 2003 - Phoenix New Times: "Sincero Amor," features Paraguayan vocalist Concepcion Romero, a friend of Rich Hopkins from his '80s stint in the Peace Corps, crooning in his native language. 08/20 08:57am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Arizona's Music Resource: Rich Hopkins has performed in many bands, toured the world several times and produced a number of artists on his own label, but his real musical training began in Paraguay around 1981 when he was serving in the Peace Corps. 08/20 08:55am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Musician Rich Hopkins joined the Peace Corps as a crop extension agent who was sent to work in rural Paraguay 08/20 08:53am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Berkley: Doing Fieldwork in Paraguay: Trustworthiness, Trust, and Production Efficiency by RPCV Laura Schechter 08/20 08:49am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Both Sides of the Border by Paraguay RPCV Mark Jacobs 04/07 08:27pm [2]
August 20, 2003 - Interconnection: Paraguay's Pristine Chaco by RPCV Charles Brennick 08/20 08:38am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Out in the Mountains: While I was living in Paraguay last year, the Bowling Alley - a Favorite dancing spot for Peace Corps volunteers was shut down by the government on the grounds that it was a haven for "drug addicts and homosexuals." 08/20 08:37am [1]
August 20, 2003 - University of Wisconsin: Today, Jim Geenen administers the Paraguay Peace Corps office with its 180 volunteers 10/25 01:43pm [3]
August 20, 2003 - Partners: Kate Rafferty was Peace Corps director in Honduras and deputy director of Peace Corps in Paraguay 08/20 08:29am [1]
August 20, 2003 - MetroWeekly: I went to Paraguay for two years with the Peace Corps. I sold everything -- the Saab, the house, the motorcycle, the business 08/20 08:24am [1]
August 20, 2003 - NoWhere500: I remember the first time I killed a pig. It was my 23rd birthday and I had been living in Portrero Ybate for 10 months. 08/20 08:22am [1]
August 20, 2003 - This Week Online: Second tour in the Peace Corps in Paraguay reunites Denise Kiecker with adopted family 08/20 08:16am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Cafe Progressive: I worked as a beekeeper in San Roque Gonzalez, PY, from 1992-1995 08/20 08:13am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Packet Online: The Topchiks have been inspired by the example of their eldest son, Michael, who served as a Peace Corps agricultural teacher in Paraguay 08/20 08:10am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: RPCV Paul Kealey: Reflections on a Path to Service 08/20 08:09am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Learn Link: The Peace Corps has been active in Paraguay for 31 years, with more volunteers per capita than most other countries 08/20 08:04am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Amigos Link: Cordillera/Paraguari, Paraguay Project Update 08/20 08:03am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Bootsnall: A subdivision of the United States Department of Defense, and therefore, military, the Peace Corps has been in operation for let's say 40 years now 12/30 11:39pm [2]
August 20, 2003 - North Carolina Political Review: Michael Tighe's Peace Corps Experience in Paraguay 08/20 07:55am [1]
May 20, 2002 - The Post-Crescent: James Geenen gets Peace Corps post in Paraguay 08/20 07:53am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: The Paraguay Dodgers Organization 08/20 07:50am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Welcome to our A-22/Peace Corps Paraguay Homepage! 02/26 11:58am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Friends of Paraguay : Friends of Paraguay 08/20 07:46am [1]
August 20, 2003 - Nugget News: Luke Ward presented his slides and remembrances of three years as a Peace Corps beekeeper volunteer in Paraguay 12/09 04:49pm [2]
2006.11.30: November 30, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: AIDS: AIDS Education: Peace Corps Press Release: As an urban youth Volunteer in Paraguay, Ryan Adams learned from conversations with local youth that while they have a basic understanding of health, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, they were critically under informed 02/12 09:29am [1]
2007.01.02: January 2, 2007: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Art: Painting: Alamogordo Daily News: Paraguay RPCV Phil Yost has painted off and on since he was a child but didn't become obsessed with the craft until roughly 11 years ago 02/12 09:29am [1]
2007.01.14: January 14, 2007: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Charlotte Observer: John and Holley Nichols spent 2 years as Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay 02/12 09:27am [1]
2007.01.18: January 18, 2007: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Winston-Salem Journal: Matthew Wayne Weavil spent two years in the village of Vargas Loma in Paraguay as a Peace Corps Volunteer 02/12 09:27am [1]
2007.01.25: January 25, 2007: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Solar Energy: Engineering: Beaverton Valley Times: Tara Moomey builds a solar oven for her village of San Javier in Paraguay 02/12 09:23am [1]
2006.09.18: September 18, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Fellows Programs: Fordham University: Angel Ventling went to Paraguay with the Peace Corps 11/10 06:41am [1]
2006.09.20: September 20, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Des Plaines Journal: Mike Fitzgerald reflects on his service in Paraguay 10/13 09:24am [1]
2006.09.11: September 11, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Engineering: Iraq: Military: Marriage: Black Anthem: Paraguay RPCV Scott Krushinski works with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq 10/12 09:59am [1]
2006.09.18: September 18, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Fellows Programs: Fordham University: Paraguay RPCV Angel Ventling became the first Peace Corps fellow in Fordham's International Political Economy and Development (IPED) Program 09/29 08:29am [1]
2006.07.01: July 1, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Education: Environment: Environmental Education: Green Teacher: Paraguay PCV Nicholas Bayard writes: Valuing Nature in Environmental Education 09/25 09:57am [1]
2006.09.05: September 5, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Agroforestry: New Jersey: From September 2002 to December 2004 Leo Redmond served as an agroforestry volunteer in Paraguay 09/15 08:42am [1]
2006.06.29: June 29, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: COS - Guatemala: Crisis Corps: Peace Corps: Leo Redmond served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay (2002-04) and is currently a Crisis Corps volunteer serving in Guatemala 08/22 07:44am [1]
2006.08.03: August 3, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Writing - Paraguay: Alcoholism: Voice of San Diego: Paraguay RPCV Toren Volkmann writes: A Binge and a Mistake 08/19 11:12am [1]
2006.07.21: July 21, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Social Responsibility: Mining: CSR Wire: Paraguay RPCV Terry Nelidov has joined Business for Social Responsibility as a Manager with the Extractives Program 08/12 09:54am [1]
2006.07.27: July 27, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Read the Hook: Even though Kirsten Albert had majored in Spanish and Latin American studies at UVA, she wasn't prepared for the linguistic and cultural challenges that awaited her there 07/31 09:10am [1]
2006.03.29: March 29, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: AIDS: Foundations: PR Newswire: Paraguay RPCV Pamela Barnes Named President and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation 05/25 10:18am [1]
2006.05.01: May 1, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Marriage: Glenwood Springs Post-Independent: Peace Corps Volunteer Lydia LaBelle met husband in Paraguay 05/10 01:09am [1]
January 23, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Tallahassee.com: Ellen Meyi knew she was making a difference in a small, rural community in Paraguay 02/02 10:04am [1]
January 9, 2006: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: NGO's: Computers: Service: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: Paraguay RPCV Charles Brennick starts operation InterConnection 01/09 05:08pm [1]
November 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Beekeeping: Recruitment: Western Herald: Courtney Cunningham, a regional Peace Corps recruiter, served as a beekeeper in Paraguay from 1998 to 2000 12/03 09:51am [1]
November 20, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Education: Awards: Casa Grande Valley Newspapers: Paraguay RPCV Frank Davidson has been named Superintendent of the Year by the Arizona School Administrators Association 12/03 09:50am [1]
October 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Bradenton Herald: Ellen Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay 11/09 09:16pm [1]
November 4, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Hurricane Relief: Speaking Out: Crisis Corps: MetroWest Daily News: Paraguay RPCV Oliver Dick says Federal Emergency Management Agency more focused on following protocol than in helping victims of Hurricane Katrina 11/09 09:14pm [1]
September 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Hurricane Relief: Tsunami: The Hilltop: Paraguay RPCV Shay La Romney at the children's fund as an emergency program associate 10/20 08:58am [1]
September 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Hurricane Relief: MetroWest Daily News: Paraguay RPCV Oliver Dick helps in Louisiana 10/04 09:10am [1]
September 23, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Hurricane Relief: Crisis Corps: Framingham TAB: Paraguay RPCV Oliver Dick will be assisting with efforts in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina 10/04 09:06am [1]
September 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Music: Arizona Daily Star: Paraguay RPCV Rich Hopkins leads the Sidewinders, one of Tucson's biggest desert rock bands 10/04 09:04am [1]
September 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Sports: Hockey: Trenton Times: Paraguay RPCV Antoinette Allen is Hun School's head field hockey coach 10/04 09:01am [1]
August 16, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Sports: Field Hockey: Minority Volunteers: Princeton Packet: After helping the Columbia University field hockey team establish its varsity program, Paraguay RPCV Antoinette Allen takes over as head coach at The Hun School 04/19 01:15pm [4]
July 30, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Beekeeping: WNYC: RPCV Sidney Glaser keeps bees 07/30 10:16pm [1]
July 10, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Book Binding: Art: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Paraguay RPCV Gena Ollendieck makes books using a 16th century leather hand-binding process that requires hand stitching, cording and gluing 07/17 04:50pm [1]
July 10, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Marriage: Gay Issues: New York Times: Paraguay RPCV Donald Gardenier married in Quebec 07/17 04:48pm [1]
June 5, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: In the Fray: Penny Newbury says: "I lived here three years but I’m as clueless now about how this country works as when I first arrived in 1999: a Peace Corps volunteer with two words of Spanish and a dim idea that Paraguay was somewhere hot and south and vaguely venomous" 06/26 12:13am [1]
May 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: University Administration: Merced Sun-Star : Paraguay RPCV John Garamendi Jr., will be vice chancellor for university relations at the nearly built University of California, Merced 06/12 03:47pm [1]
April 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: The Oklahoma Daily: Lisa Roberts applied to the Peace Corps and left in January 2003 for Paraguay, where she spent three months training to teach children in San Juan 04/05 01:09pm [1]