In this thread–
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206730
the Paraguaian War is said to have devasted the population of the country, creating a severe disparity in the male/female ratio.
What effect has this devastating event had on the culture & the national psyche of the people of Paraguay?
Has it altered the role of women in Paraguay, in contrast to their role in the rest of Latin America?
Finally, have any Dopers lived in Paraguay, as citizens or visitors? What are your views of the nation?
Since that war was in the 1860s, I expect the disparity has now worked itself out. 
CIA World Factbook - Paraguay
Taco --long-term cultural changes can be made by events like this one, which is what I was asking about.
Since you have no personal knowledge of the material…
Anybody else?
BTW-- that link didn’t work when I tried it.
Bump for the Monday crowd, & I hope there’s an answer.
This page contains the L.O.C. handbook on Paraguay:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html (No direct link to the specific country article is allowed) (warning: leads to a book-length treatise)
As far as I could skim through it, it doesn’t seem to report major, glaring differences in social development, specially in gender relations, directly attributable to the Triple War (as opposed to, say, Guaraní culture, or simple impoverishment, or high later immigration in the region). Then again they don’t seem to really care to go in depth into the sociology of the country. A high tolerance for “informal” marital unions and for “natural children” is not that rare in mostly-rural societies in the continent. They do mention that the “extended family” support network tends to favor the mother’s side, and that the e.f. tends to span fewer generations.
Let’s hope someone who has lived/worked there is around.
Thank you, JRDelirious.
Any additional info, Dopers?