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Asunción

[ah-soon-syawn, -thyawn]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.



Asunción

/ asunˈsjon /

noun

  1. the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)

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This month federal troops arrested José Asunción Murguía, the mayor of Teuchitlán, and accused him of being on the payroll of the Jalisco cartel and being involved in the Rancho Izaguirre operation.

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In a different call center, Kevin Asuncion transcribed medical visits from half a world away, in the United States.

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“There’s no choice. If you compare the number of our forces with that of China, they have much, much more,” Romeo Asuncion, a planning and economic development officer in Santa Ana, told The Associated Press.

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“If they donate a school that will be good,” Asuncion said.

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Back home in Asunción since his release from prison last summer, Mr. Napout, 65, is asking the U.S. to vacate his conviction and return his money.

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