Armed Forces of Paraguay
The Armed Forces of Paraguay (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Paraguay) officially the Armed Forces of the Nation (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación) consist of the Paraguayan army, Paraguayan navy (including naval aviation and marine corps) and air force.
| Armed Forces of the Nation | |
|---|---|
| Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación | |
Paraguayan Coat of Arms | |
| Motto | Vencer o morir ("Win or die") |
| Service branches | Paraguayan Army Paraguayan Air Force Paraguayan Navy |
| Website | ffmm |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-chief | President Santiago Peña |
| Minister of Defense | General EJ (R) Oscar Luis González Cañete. |
| Commander of the Armed Forces | General of the Army Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Available for military service | 1,678,335, age 16–49 (2010 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 1,409,859, age 16–49 (2010 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | 73,367 (2010 est.) |
| Active personnel | 15,650 active military (2016) 14,800 paramilitary (2012) |
| Reserve personnel | 168,500 (2012) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $US 248 million (2011) |
| Percent of GDP | 1% (2020) |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers | Brazil Canada France India Israel Italy Japan Russia United States |
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| Ranks | Military ranks of Paraguay |
The constitution of Paraguay establishes the president of Paraguay as the commander-in-chief.
Paraguay has compulsory military service, and all 18-year-old males and 17-year-olds in the year of their 18th birthday are liable for one year of active duty. The 1992 constitution allows for conscientious objection to obligatory military service, it was legislated and sanctioned by both chambers of the Congress, to be promulgated by the Executive Power on June the 17th of 2010. This law is known as, «Law number 4013/10, "That established the exercise of the right to conscientious objection to obligatory military service and establishes the substitute service for it for the benefit of the civilian population"»
In July 2005, military aid in the form of U.S. Special Forces began arriving at Paraguay's Mariscal Estigarribia air base, a sprawling complex built in 1982.