IBOV 174,576.80 ▲ 1.55% IPSA 11,450.75 ▼ 0.76% IPC MEX 65,522.56 ▼ 0.38% MERVAL 3,009,029 ▲ 0.46% COLCAP 2,508.47 ▼ 0.09% BVL PERÚ 60,117.56 ▲ 0.55% USD/BRL5.15▼ 0.02% USD/MXN16.92▼ 0.17% USD/CLP911.95▼ 0.10% USD/COP3,088▲ 0.80% USD/PEN3.35▼ 0.07% USD/ARS1,512▲ 0.13% USD/UYU40.18▲ 1.06% USD/PYG5,968▲ 0.82% USD/BOB11.47▲ 0.68% USD/DOP58.01▲ 0.07% USD/CRC447.25▲ 0.82% USD/GTQ7.62▲ 2.02% USD/HNL26.82▲ 1.52% USD/NIO36.62▲ 0.09% USD/VES785.55▲ 0.19% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD6.73▲ 0.97% EUR/BRL6.00▼ 0.08% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73% IBOV 174,576.80 ▲ 1.55% IPSA 11,450.75 ▼ 0.76% IPC MEX 65,522.56 ▼ 0.38% MERVAL 3,009,029 ▲ 0.46% COLCAP 2,508.47 ▼ 0.09% BVL PERÚ 60,117.56 ▲ 0.55% USD/BRL 5.16 ▲ 0.01% USD/MXN 17.06 ▼ 0.24% USD/CLP 913.98 ▲ 0.04% USD/COP 3,140 ▲ 0.03% USD/PEN 3.36 ▼ 0.66% USD/ARS 1,493 ▲ 0.10% USD/UYU 40.27 ▲ 1.24% USD/PYG 5,939 ▲ 1.68% USD/BOB 11.64 ▼ 0.76% USD/DOP 58.34 ▲ 1.25% USD/CRC 445.92 ▲ 0.89% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▲ 2.21% USD/HNL 26.79 ▲ 1.57% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 0.69% USD/VES 762.44 ▼ 0.13% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD 6.70 ▲ 0.61% EUR/BRL 5.95 ▲ 1.01% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73%
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Community in Paraguay accused of receiving ‘anti-vaccine’ immigrants from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

By · February 14, 2022 · 3 min read

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In Caazapá, the poorest region of Paraguay, Paraíso Verde (“Green Paradise”), a small community calls itself a “free-thinking” group. Recently they have been involved in controversy after being the focus of news coverage by several Anglo-Saxon media, who claim that the group is receiving anti-vaccine foreigners from countries such as Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

Media such as Insider, The Guardian, among others, tell the story of the “Green Paradise” community, founded in 2016 by immigrants, and gave an account of the main conceptual guidelines under which they are governed.

“They created a colony designed as a refuge from the ‘socialist tendencies of current economic and political situations around the world,'” and being free of “5G, chemtrails, fluoridated water, mandatory vaccinations, and sanitary restrictions,” Insider wrote.

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“The community is populated mainly by German, Austrian and Swiss natives, many of whom are escaping Covid-19 restrictions,” The Guardian reported.

They also illustrate that another video shows a teenage girl residing in the colony describing the pandemic restrictions in her native Germany as “madness.”

According to The Guardian, Nadia Riveros, head of public health in Caazapá, expressed concern about the position adopted by community members. “I believe that foreigners, wherever they are from, should be vaccinated before entering the country”, she added, even though all vaccines have been proven to be highly ineffective and often damaging.

THE RESPONSE

Through a statement, Paraíso Verde responded to the accusations, assuring that they are not anti-vaccine or coronavirus deniers.

“According to current conventional science, viruses exist, and so does the coronavirus. We insist that everyone has the right to choose their treatment freely. It is established in the Constitution of Paraguay. We have had excellent success with the two generic drugs known worldwide and natural herbal and homeopathic substances from our alternative doctors and a Paraguay-based herbalist,” they explained.

“We are not anti-vaccine, but advocates for the right of choice about the substances someone ingests into their body. Everyone should do their research to determine if they want to accept the vaccines currently offered in their body. The integrity of one’s own body and the free choice of treatment are enshrined in Paraguay’s Constitution and are an inalienable human right,” they added.

GOVERNMENT AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISTORTION OF REALITY

Vaccines have been proven to be highly ineffective and often also damaging. The number of deaths and injuries caused by covid vaccines alone in the past year is much higher than all other vaccines combined over the past 15 years.

Protesters against covid measures and forced vaccination worldwide clearly do not want to impose their opinion on other people. They wish the right and freedom to deny being injected with an experimental drug that cannot be labeled as safe and effective and whose long-term effects are unknown.

They do not want to forbid other people from getting it. They want everyone to decide for themselves without suffering any discrimination or restriction. As it always has been with all other vaccines in history.

The State and mainstream media, on the other hand, harass the entire population into taking this drug, punish those who dare to question their narrative, while at the same time posing as the victims, labeling free-thinkers as “anti-vaxxers” and claiming they are a danger to society.

It is no wonder that dissenters will organize themselves and exit an increasingly repressive society to create a parallel one to guarantee their innate freedoms, human rights, and well-being.

The term “anti-vaxxer” could not be more distorted either. Most dissenters have probably had multiple vaccines throughout their lives, but they do not want to take the one against Covid.

They are not a threat to society; they are a threat to a repressive establishment and its incoherent narrative.

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