Paraguay–Canada: It was a case of basic diplomacy

Published July 8, 2009

When Juan Aguire Martinez arrived in 2001, he became Paraguay's first ambassador to Canada in more than 12 years, and he was determined to make sure that he wouldn't be the last.

Before then, the small, southern Latin American country had little interest in wooing Canada, but Mr. Martinez saw an opportunity in meeting the northern neighbour they knew so little about. He had just served as Paraguay's...