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Paso de Patria

Paso de Patria is the country's southern tip, near the confluence of the Paraguay and Paraná rivers, across from the Argentine town of the same name. It is a small, peaceful town frequented by anglers after dorado and surubí. To the west stretch wetlands with capybaras, marsh deer, caimans and birds; toward the Paraná, sand dunes appear. The Allied invasion of Paraguayan territory began here in 1866, and the landscape still carries that weight.