Los Paraguayos
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Los Paraguayos is a music group consisting of musicians from Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

. Since its foundation in the 1950s, the group has featured many singers and musicians, playing guitars, bongo drums and a Paraguayan harp, including Luis Alberto del Paraná
Luis Alberto del Paraná
Luis Alberto del Paraná was a Paraguayan singer and guitarist. During the fifties, sixties and early seventies, he traveled extensively around the globe with his group Los Paraguayos, popularizing Paraguayan music. He is the best-selling Paraguayan musician ever.-Family and early life:He was born...

 and Carlos Espinoza. The group performs many South American and Mexican
Music of Mexico
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 tunes and songs, including classics, such as Guantanamera
Guantanamera
"Guantanamera" is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country's most noted patriotic song.-Music:The music for the song is sometimes attributed to José Fernández Diaz, known as Joseíto Fernández, who claimed to have written it at various dates , and who used it regularly in one of his radio...

, El Cóndor Pasa
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 and La Bamba
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. Having had many changes in their line-up, the group has retained its popularity, selling many albums and appearing at many concerts throughout the world.
In 2007, Los Paraguayos played a world tour, including appearances in The Netherlands and Israel
Israel
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