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In land forces the Paraguayan Army is composed of a Presidential Guards Regiment, composed two battalions (infantry and military police), an armored squadron, and a battery of field artillery, plus the operationally attached Mounted Ceremonial Squadron "Aca Caraya" (which serves independently but as the mounted escort in state events, and serves as part of the 4th Cavalry Regiment).
Paraguay: Type: Army: Size: 20,000 active personnel [1] 160,000 reserves: Part of: Armed Forces of Paraguay: Motto(s) Spanish: Vencer o Morir To win or to die: March: Marcha al Mariscal Lopez: Anniversaries: 24 of July (Mariscal Lopez Birthday) Engagements: Platine War War of the Triple Alliance Paraguayan Civil War (1911–1912) Paraguayan ...
The insurgency in Paraguay, also known as the Paraguayan People's Army insurgency and the EPP rebellion (from the group's name in Spanish: Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo), is an ongoing low-level armed conflict in northeastern Paraguay. Between 2005 and the summer of 2014, the EPP campaign resulted in at least 145 deaths, the majority of them ...
The Paraguayan Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya) is a branch of the Armed Forces of Paraguay, in charge of the defense of Paraguay's skies. Its interim commander is Air Division General Julio Rubén Fullaondo Céspedes. [needs update] Its headquarters are located in Ñu Guazu, Luque, a city which belongs to Gran Asunción.
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The Paraguayan People's Army (Spanish: Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo, EPP) is a Marxist-Leninist [3] guerrilla group that officially operates in Paraguay since March 1, 2008, although its antecedents go back as far as the 1990s, acting at that time as the "clandestine armed wing" of Patria Libre (a communist party founded in 1990).
The governors of Paraguay had no royal troops at their disposal and were instead dependent on a colonist militia. Paraguayans were forced into the colonial militia to serve extended tours of duty, contributing to a severe labor shortage.
Antequera's Paraguayan militia attacked and defeated an allied force of Jesuit mission Indians and Spanish colonial forces during the standoff. The battle tainted the legitimacy of Antequera's claim of governorship, however, and a second force was sent by Castelfuerte against a movement now seen as clearly treasonous.