Paraguay

Among the former are the leaves of plants destitute of theine, the active principle of tea, but which possesses some other stimulating properties, and among the latter the leaves and seeds of other plants containing that principle, and consequently producing the same exciting effects.

These include coffee, cocoa, and yerba mate, or Paraguayan tea, a species of ilex, or holly, the leaves of which yield the same active principle, theine, characteristic of the China tea plant.

So closely does it resemble the latter in effect that many authorities claim it to be a species of that shrub, upwards of forty million pounds being annually produced and consumed in Paraguay and other South American countries.

Coca tea, used extensively in Peru and Bolivia, composed of the dried leaves of the coca tree, but though generally chewed, is more frequently prepared as a tea by the natives.

Hop tea is a species of tea now being prepared from common hops in the Kent district in England prepared and cured by the Sirocco process after the manner of India tea and used chiefly to blend with the ordinary teas of commerce the combination resembling a mixture of Virginia smoking tobacco and a rough leaved Assam tea.

It is claimed to be healthy and wholesome from the fact that the Lauplin of the hops counteracts or neutralizes the excess of tannin contained in the India teas but nearly doubles it in price.

Paraguayan tea.

Yerba mate or Paraguayan tea which although not entering into general use or commerce is yet deserving of notice in this work from its extensive consumption among the inhabitants of South America.

In Chicora, mascaban los sacerdotes una hierba y con el cumo de ella rociaban los soldados cuando querian dar batalla que era bendecirlos.

Among the Abipones of Paraguay, the medicine man teaches them the place, time, and manner proper for attacking wild beasts or the enemy.

The North American Indians are nowhere idolaters.

Idols were always carried to war by the natives of Hispaniola.

At least I have been so informed by several persons, among others by Chato, one of the principal men of the Chiricahua Apache.

Molina speaks of the customs of the Araucanians, who, after torturing their captives to death, made war-flutes out of their bones and used the skulls for drinking-vessels.

The Abepones of Paraguay make the bones of their enemies into musical instruments.

The preceding practice is strictly in line with the medicinal and magical values attached in Europe to human teeth, human skin, etc.

When I came into office, all but six countries were pro-Chinese and pro-communist.

Now only four countries, just four, Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua, and maybe Paraguay, and maybe Mexico, four or five, or pro-China, or pro-Russia, all the rest have flipped because of our leadership.

And we're going to apply that same doctrine to the North American continent.

You do not come into our backyard, even if invited, and try to use a subordinate to harm us, either by trade or military affairs.

I'm gonna flip it to the opposite end here.

And this one I don't think is really gonna manifest until next season, but I went with Orlando Gil, the Paraguayan goalkeeper from San Lorenzo to Lille for four million.

26 years old, which is still very young for a goalkeeper.

Showed how good he can be at the World Cup.

Was very good for San Lorenzo as well before making the move to Europe.

Anytime you see a Paraguayan go abroad as well, that's something that I celebrate.

Very low financial risk.

I mean, yeah, Enzo 170, Orlando Gil four million, right? Like, this is, uh- ...

Tell me a bit about, uh, the reasoning behind this, Frank.

Well, Mark knows how to scale, and that's what we're doing, and a year ago we were scaling our tier one data centers, in particular in Paraguay, and now we're scaling in Canada in that, uh, partnership with Bell Canada.

Uh, and I think it's guys like Mark, he knows technology, he knows the customers, uh, he knows about scaling, and most importantly, he knows how to turn compute into contracts, and that's what you've been witnessing.

So we have the infrastructure, and Mark's gonna build that revenue engine for us.

So I was like, I'll just eat it without looking, knowing full well that it definitely has maggots in because they all have maggots in.

eating like um I found a packet of crisps on the side of the road that tasted like plastic they'd been in the sun for so long that they were white they were supposed to be cheese puffs but they were white and tasted like plastic but I still ate them and then I remember someone took me into a shop in um in Paraguay um I've forgotten her name anyway she took me into a shop and said you know choose whatever you want to eat and I stood there crying and I didn't expect that I didn't expect to be standing in a supermarket crying because someone had asked me what I wanted because the last four months had just been grateful for any scrap of food and pillaging food from bins and stuff um and trying to trade work for food um And yeah, being given back that choice was so empowering and so refreshing that, yeah, whenever I speak to a homeless person, I make sure I take the time to kind of, I try and take the time to talk to them first, ask them how their day is, like how they're feeling, because...

When you become this burden or nuisance on society, you get ignored like your life is not worth anything.

And then you're supposed to be grateful for whatever you're given rather than a choice.

I'm seeing this, I'm going to cover, for instance, you have a bunch of Latin American bros.

That are on, let's say, budget travelers And they want these, you know, these hidden gems in Latin America and whatever And they're looking for the next Paraguay.

I know Paraguay is huge right now.

And by the way, for very good merits, Venezuela is completely different.

I mean, if you're looking for the next Paraguay or something similar to Paraguay, forget about Venezuela.

Because Paraguay, the cost of living is very good.

Actually, a good value gives you great value.

Venezuela is not the case.