Without looking it up, do you know anything at all about Uruguay or Paraguay?

Answer 1

Oh, I do, I do! At long last, I know something.
Hmm... where to begin:
OK, the two are very different countries, despite their similarity in names. Uruguay is very European, and strolling through the streets of the capital, Montevideo, is a lot like visiting Lisbon or even Athens. There are lots of second hand markets there, under shady trees in colonial plazas, where you can spend days buying amazing silver things or just awful junk, whichever you prefer. Restaurants are strangely fluorescent-lit and remind you of 1970s European highway rest area restaurants, not really that cozy, actually. The people are warm and friendly, and remind me of Italians. They like to dress well. You can see amazing, old cars there, plodding along the Ramblas, and you can sit on the beach or shore of the Rio de la Plata delta near the university and enjoy the flow of time. It's a wonderfully nostalgic experience, Uruguay, like visiting Europe in the 1930s.

Well, and Paraguay is a different world altogether. It's lush, green, and healthy-looking, with brick red mud roads and a homogenous population of mellow, dignified people who are basically all mestizos. The bigger cities are lovely, bucolic, and breathe wealth and good spirits. Small villages are like the stone age in a banana plantation, with straw-thatched shacks and barefoot people selling chipas, but all of it looks cheerful and pleasant, and it is a happy place. I often miss it very much.

Answer 2

Both these South American countries share a border with Brazil and Argentina.
Both are fairly small in comparison to Brazil and Argentina also.

The capital of Uruguay is Montevideo (I remember this because I have friends living in a street by the same name).
And it is the luckier country of the two - it has some coastline.
No clue to what the capital of (landlocked) Paraguay is however.

Spanish is the main spoken language of both countries, (but that is true of many Sth American countries - either Spanish or Portuguese).

I don't believe the living standards in either country are as high as they should be.
Agriculture would likely drive their economy. (A wild guess, as that is also true of much of South America).

Mr Graham, (High School Geography teacher) would not be proud.
Understandable too, since he passed away a few years back.

Answer 3

Both countries are located in northern South America, and thats about all I know.

Answer 4

no
they are differents countries

Answer 5

Yeah, I do...lol Why?

Answer 6

they have a soccer team.

Answer 7

They both end in ''GUAY"