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The power line was financed by a Brazilian fund aimed at narrowing the development gap between countries in the Southern Common Market Mercosur trade bloc, made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

But the broad availability of energy is a new element drawing industries to Paraguay, since the other advantages, such as low labour costs and tax incentives, already existed before. Cheap energy also tempted the British-Australian multinational metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto, which studied the possibility of producing aluminum in Paraguay, even if it had to ship in the raw material, bauxite, from far away, because electric power is the main cost of the aluminum industry. This story includes downloadable print-quality images -- Copyright IPS, to be used exclusively with this story.

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Pictures for this story This story includes downloadable print-quality images -- Copyright IPS, to be used exclusively with this story. Paraguay's Flota Mercante del Estado, a merchant marine owned and operated by the state, has transported cargo on the Paraguay and Parana Rivers since Paraguay has a sufficient network of roads and bridges, but about half of the roads are still unpaved.

Another highway runs from Villa Hayes across the Chaco region to the Bolivian border. Paraguay's railway system is limited.

Railways total kilometers miles , which includes privately-owned railways as well. The nation's airport network, however, is much broader.

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Only 11 airports had paved runways as of Combined, Paraguay's network of roads, rivers, railways, and airports facilitates its strong trade and transport industry. Paraguay has substantial economic potential in hydroelectric power, which accounted for Paraguay depended on thermoelectric power plants, located in the capital, that burned wood and oil until That year, the Acaray hydroelectric power plant was built, and there have also been large joint ventures in hydroelectricity with Argentina and Brazil.

The government-owned National Power Company distributes all electricity. The dam is 7. Each country owns ten turbines.

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