Qualla: Bahia Negra https://qualla.com/bahia-negra en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Bahia Negra https://qualla.com/bahia-negra Bahia Negra: Introduction https://qualla.com/bahia-negra/ Three countries nearly touch at Bahia Negra, but none of them has ever fully claimed it without a fight. This small settlement of roughly 2,500 people sits on the right bank of the Paraguay River in the far northeastern corner of Paraguay's Alto Paraguay department, at a point where the river bends westward into the Chaco Boreal. To the east, Brazilian wetlands extend the southern reaches of the Pantanal. To the north, the Bolivian border runs erratically through the Otuquis wetlands. Bahia Negra occupies one of the most contested patches of ground in South America -- a place where empires, nations, and indigenous peoples have competed for control since the first Spanish expeditions arrived in the 1530s.

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/s/q/s/bahia-negra-wp/6sqs-bahia-negra-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Bahia Negra: Forts Built and Abandoned https://qualla.com/bahia-negra/ The first Europeans to reach this stretch of the Paraguay River were the expeditions of Captain Juan de Ayolas and his lieutenant Domingo Martinez de Irala, who founded the fort of La Candelaria on February 2, 1537. It lasted barely six months before being abandoned. Irala return...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/s/q/s/bahia-negra-wp/6sqs-bahia-negra-the-war-that-settled-the-question.mp3 0:06 4 full Bahia Negra: Wild Country at the Edge of the Map https://qualla.com/bahia-negra/ Today Bahia Negra remains one of Paraguay's most remote communities, accessible mainly by river or unpaved road. Its economy runs on cattle ranching, modest fishing, timber, and small-scale soybean and leather processing. The settlement sits at 75 meters above sea level beneath a...

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