“Green Paradise”, Paraguay's controversial refuge for Europeans who are reluctant to vaccinate

They spoke German, wary of vaccines, and took refuge in Paraguay in search of “mental and spiritual” development. Paraguay was proposed to live in a closed community far from the European “regulations”, a goal that not everyone achieves.

It is called Paraíso Verde and is located near Caazapá, about 4 hours from Asuncion.16 square kilometers of land with a wooded area in the middle of the pampas is reached via a dirt road.At the entrance there is an armed vigilante.

Some houses are finished, others are still under construction, and there are also apartment-style apartments. Shade is scarce, 37 degrees Celsius in summer and 60% humidity.

According to the website, Paraíso verde is a “free colony”, which appeared in 2016, “dreaming of a better life and a future outside the matrix” at the initiative of the Austrian couple Erwin and Sylvia Annau.

They say they are avoiding the global spread of degenerative implementations such as “socialist trends around the world” and “5G, chemtrails [conspiracy theories that ensure that there are secret government programs that release toxic chemicals from planes into the environment], fluorinated water vaccines and health obligations.”

“They were our catalysts to explore new possibilities.” This is explained on the website.

- “Too many regulations” -

With gardens and vegetable gardens surrounded by German-speaking people, only Heinz Klozner and Gerhild Witch, aged 72 and 70, feel comfortable. The couple, who did not know Spanish and were not vaccinated, arrived at Paraíso verde in October 2020 to escape “excessive regulations, rules and taxes” in Europe.

Herbert tells AFP that he was not vaccinated because “the generic vaccine does not change DNA, but because the anti-covid changes,” Gerhild supports him. “This new vaccination is not normal, I think it's a human experiment with proteins.” As a former tax adviser, she settled in Paraíso verde to play the piano and “discover her talent.”

These are the few local residents who were able to talk while AFP was in charge of the venue on videotape and always have the accompaniment of a driver's guide.

In Paraíso verde there is a distrust of the press. There is disbelief in the media after some reports described it as “conparanoid”. The founder, Erwin Annau, has rejected AFP's request for an interview several times. Young couples with children crossed the outskirts of the school. The alternative education system covers from kindergarten to high school.

- “We have no place” -

Another authorized interlocutor to testify to AFP is the German Uwe Craemer, who presents himself as a “naturalist doctor” who is in charge of the “health center” and is dedicated to homeopathy and ozone therapy.

“We left Europe because we don't want alternatives, we only want medical schools. We don't have a place.” Craemer claims that the coronavirus is “not new”, but “it was used to lock us down, punish us and impose masks.”

“Many people who come here do not want to be vaccinated against coronavirus, but they are not vaccinated. The main philosophy of Paraiso verde is that we are moving towards a new era, an era of great freedom without debauchery,” said Juan Buker, president of the Reljuv company that manages the venue.

- Complaints -

According to the website, dozens of construction workers line up to work in paraíso verde paraíso verde, and once the work is completed, it can accommodate 20,000 people.AFP consulted several of them, but they were afraid to testify.

The Paraguayan prosecutor's office received complaints about fraud, violation of trust and drying in the surrounding wetlands. Perhaps the mayor of Caazapá, Amado Díaz Verón, told AFP that “one of the foreigners who came filed a lawsuit for about $200,000 for fraud.”

According to Buker, about 250 people live there today. However, some settlers, such as the retired couple Baltroud Goetzler and Uli Fleshhacker, have already taken over the land, but left.

“I'm too old to wait for the infrastructure to be ready. I'll be back in 4-5 years with more people, more roads, more internet, more electricity, more water for this project.” “, says Goetzler, who is installed in a new house on the outskirts of Paraiso Verde.

Paul Saladin, who began to develop a permanent culture, also left, but found that the development of canals in this area “creates great environmental problems on the island of Sue”, a protected wilderness area.

“Many families have left because they are very different from the way they communicate before, no one has a certificate, no one really owns the land, but they pay too much and charge a price four or five times higher than usual.” Saladin, who settled in Colonia Independencia, another German settlement close to Paraiso Verde, said.

Paraíso verde points out on its website that many of the people who left this colony “wanted to continue living in the old system” and now reject 40% of those interested in being more selective.

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