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

They were German-speaking, wary of vaccines, and hid in Paraguay in search of “mental and spiritual” development.Paraguay was offered to live in a closed community far from the “rules” of Europe, a goal that not everyone achieves.

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

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

According to the website, Paraíso verde is a “free colony” that appeared in 2016 under the initiative of the Austrian couple Erwin and Silvia Annau “dreaming of a better life and a future beyond the Matrix”.

They say they avoid the global spread of degenerative implementations such as “global socialist trends” and “5G”, chemtrails [conspiracy theories to check if there are secret government programs that release toxic chemicals from planes into the environment], vaccines containing fluorinated water, and medical obligations.”

“They were our catalyst for exploring new opportunities,” the content described on the site.

- “Too many rules” -

Only Heinz Closener and Gerhilda's witch, aged 72 to 70, with gardens and orchards surrounded by German-speaking people, feel comfortable. A couple who did not know Spanish and were not vaccinated arrived at Paraíso verde in October 2020 to avoid “excessive rules, rules and taxes” in Europe.

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

These are a handful of locals who have been able to talk while AFP is in charge of the location of the video card and is always accompanied by a driver's guide.

Paraiso Verde has a distrust of the media. After some reports describe it as “conparanoid”, there is distrust in the media. Founder Erwin Annau has rejected requests for an AFP interview several times. A young couple with children crossed the school neighborhood. The alternative education system covers from kindergarten to high school.

- “We have no place” -

Another authorized interlocutor who testifies to AFP is the German Uwe Craemer, who presents himself as a “naturalist” responsible for the “medical center” and dedicated to homeopathy and ozone therapy.

“We left Europe because we do not want alternatives, we only want medical schools, we have no 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 have not been vaccinated. The basic philosophy of Paraiso Verde is that we are moving towards a new era, an era of great freedom without debauchery.” Juan Booker, president of Reljuv, who manages the venue, said.

- Sukagi -

According to the website, dozens of builders are lining 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 was afraid to testify.

Paraguayan prosecutors have received complaints about fraud, violation of trust and drying in the surrounding wetlands. Presumably, Mayor Kaasap Amado Diaz Veron told AFP that “one of the foreigners who came has filed a lawsuit worth about $200,000 for fraud.”

According to Booker, today about 250 people live there. However, some settlers, such as the pensioner pair Baltrud Hetzler and Uli Fleshhacker, have already taken over the land, but have left.

“It's too old to wait for the infrastructure to be ready. I will come back with more people, more roads, more internet, more electricity, and more water for this project in 4-5 years.” “, says Gezler, 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 the region “creates great environmental problems for the island of Sue”, a protected area in the desert.

“Many families went because they were very different from their previous way of communicating, no one had a certificate, and they didn't really own the land. However, they pay too much and charge prices four or five times higher than usual,” said Saladin, who settled in an independent colony, another German settlement close to Paraiso Verde.

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 they reject 40% of those interested in being more selective.

-PBL/NN/RSR/LTL/DBH