In einem kleinen Dorf in Paraguay haben Querdenker aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz eine kleine Kommune errichtet. Sie verfügen über Geld, Macht und Beziehung in Regierungskreise. Was geschieht hinter den Mauern der “El Paraíso Verde”? In einer der ärmsten Regionen von Paraguay haben sich deutsche Impfgegner:innen ihr eigenes kleines Reich aufgebaut. Etwa zwölf Kilometer von der Kleinstadt Caazapá entfernt liegt das “El Paraíso Verde” – das grüne Paradies. Das eingezäunte Gelände erstreckt sich über 1600 Hektar und beherbergt nach eigenen Angaben etwa 3000 Migrant:innen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Besucher:innen werden von einem Holzschild mit grüner Aufschrift und Wachen mit Schussfeuerwaffen begrüßt. In der Peripherie Paraguays wollen sie sich von den “sozialistischen Trends der derzeitigen ökonomischen und politischen Situation auf der Welt” befreien. Hier wähnt man sich in Sicherheit vor “5G-Strahlen, Chemtrails, fluoridiertem Grundwasser und der Impfpflicht”. Querdenken-Szene zieht es ins Ausland Auf der eigenen Website spricht “El Paraíso Verde” vom “größten Stadtentwicklungs- und Siedlungsprojekt Südamerikas.” Rund 20.000 Deutsche sollen hier einmal wohnen, in künstlich angelegten Seen schwimmen und von einem 100 Kilometer langen Straßennetz profitieren. Das geplante Schulsystem der Kolonie soll “auf der Basis der existierenden anthroposophischen Lehrmethoden” fungieren. Neue Mitglieder erleben einen “Zustand der Wahrheit” und einen “Zufluchtsort für ‘konservative Querdenker'”.
via stern: EL PARAÍSO VERDE – Deutsche Querdenker errichten “grünes Paradies” in Paraguay
siehe auch: German-speaking Covid denialists seek to build paradise in Paraguay. A1,600-hectare (4,000-acre) gated community, dubbed El Paraíso Verde, or the Green Paradise, is being carved out of the fertile red earth of Caazapá, one of Paraguay’s poorest regions. The community’s population – consisting mainly of German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants – will eventually swell from 150 to 3,000, according to the owners. The project’s website bills it as “by far the largest urbanization and settlement project in South America”, describing the colony as a refuge from “socialist trends of current economic and political situations worldwide” – as well as “5G, chemtrails, fluoridated water, mandatory vaccinations and healthcare mandates”. Immigration to the colony has stepped up since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with residents interviewed on its YouTube channel attributing their move to scepticism about the virus and vaccines. Caazapá, a rural region dominated by cattle ranching in the heart of lush eastern Paraguay, saw a jump from four new German residents in 2019 to 101 in 2021, according to official figures. “Anti-vaxxer” immigrants have also been reported settling in other parts of Paraguay. One German citizen who lives nearby and who does business with Paraíso Verde, cited discredited conspiracy theories about coronavirus vaccines to explain the surge. They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”; Paraguay’s right-wing ‘paradise’ draws European anti-vaxxers. Founded by couple Sylvia and Dr Erwin Annau, their Paraguay-registered business promotes itself under tags such as “#nomasks #nomandates #nofearofviruses #no5g #naturalmedicine #organicfood #nochemtrails” on Instagram. Dozens of Europeans have flocked to an anti-vax, far-right “paradise” in Paraguay, hoping to attract thousands of likeminded people in future. The El Paraíso Verde project in Paraguay’s Caazapá region already has some 150 mostly Austrian, German, and German-speaking Swiss residents. And Caazapá saw a jump from four German residents in 2019 to over 100 last year as the pandemic unfolded, according to official figures cited by The Guardian newspaper on Thursday (27 January) Founded by a couple called Sylvia and Dr Erwin Annau, their Paraguay-registered business promotes itself under tags such as “#nomasks #nomandates #nofearofviruses #no5g #naturalmedicine #organicfood #nochemtrails” on Instagram. Its website spoke of people meditating among tropical butterflies and showed photos of couples hugging trees. But its YouTube channel also said the pandemic was “non-existent”, while at the same time peddling snake-oil cures for Covid. And its wellness claims aside, it also described itself as a place to escape from “socialist trends” in world politics. Erwin Annau has, in the past, questioned the need for German WW2 guilt, The Guardian showed. And he has given free rein to his Islamophobia. “Islam is not part of Germany. We are enlightened Christians, and we are concerned about our daughters,” he said in a speech in Paraguay in 2017. “We see the Qur’an as [containing] an ideology of political domination, which is not compatible with democratic and Christian values,” he added. El Paraíso Verde did not reply when contacted by EUobserver on Thursday.
