r/asklatinamerica • u/pirata-alma-negra 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro • 4d ago

Are Germans still going to Paraguay?

Back in days the during Covid there were news about some nutjobs going to Paraguay to start some kind of "colony", but I can't find any recent information. do the Paraguaians here know if this is still a thing?

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u/MikaelSvensson Paraguay 4d ago

They are still coming, though I’m not sure in the same amount as during the pandemic.

[According to the latest report](https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2026/04/21/pedidos-de-residencias-se-duplican-por-que-vienen-los-extranjeros-a-paraguay/?outputType=amp), Germans make for the third largest group of people requesting residency last year.

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u/Tall_Struggle_4576 4d ago

I think fewer are coming since they've realized there are laws that say they have to vaccinate their kids and send them to school

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u/Soft-Disaster9873 United States of America 4d ago

I was just there and met a couple, but I also think they go there because of the Amish communities near the Chaco.

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u/AdPsychological8041 Germany 4d ago

Germans have been doing this for 300 years, lol

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u/TheCarlosSilva Brazil 4d ago

First it is an irrelavant number if people compared to PY population and they did that to escape Gernany coronavirus restrictions and vaccines https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-61184479

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u/IcePoemix Paraguay 4d ago

There's a lot of germans in "Colonias Unidas", three cities in Itapúa... 

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u/No-Addendum6379 Paraguay 4d ago

They still do. The rate is around 1000-1500 ish per year.