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Ambassador Cason presents Commemorative Stamps to Celebrate Peace Corps’ 40th Anniversary and former-U.S. Minister to Paraguay General Martin T. McMahon 10/03/07 On Wednesday, October 3, at 11:00 am, the Ambassador of the United States of America, James C. Cason, participated in the launching of two stamps to celebrate Peace Corps’ 40th Anniversary and former-U.S. Minister to Paraguay General Martin T. McMahon. The event took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Ambassador Cason, the Director of the Paraguayan Postal Service, Mr. Atilio Viera, the Vice minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Rivas and Vice Director of the Peace Corps in Paraguay, Mr. Jason Cochran.

This philatelic initiative allows the dissemination of social and cultural aspects of the bilateral relations between the two countries and the harmonic development of Paraguay.

A photographic display of the activities of the Peace Corps in Paraguay is also in exhibition at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The display is a testimony of the service and cultural exchange between Peace Corps volunteers and their communities in Paraguay for the last 40 years.

 

About the stamps:

General Martin T. McMahon

General Martin T. McMahon served as United States Minister to Paraguay in 1869, where he showed great interest towards Paraguay’s needs during the Triple Alliance War.

Peace Corps’ 40th Anniversary

The Peace Corps is a development agency of the United States of America that has served in Paraguay since 1967. More than 3,000 volunteers have served and lived in Paraguay since then. Today, more than 160 volunteers work in 13 of the 17 departments of Paraguay.