Route 1 (Paraguay) Route 1 (Paraguay) National Route 1 (in Spanish, Ruta Nacional Número 1 "Mcal. Francisco Solano López", or simply Ruta Uno) is one of the most important and one of the first highways in Paraguay, which runs from the capital city, Asunción to Itapua Department's capital, Encarnación. Crossing the departments of Central, Paraguarí, Misiones and Itapua. It starts on Avenida Eusebio Ayala, and ends at the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, on the Paraná River, traversing . The following table shows the distances traversed by Ruta 1 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or
Cinema of Paraguay "Felipe Canasto" (2010) and "Semana Capital" (2010). Funding remains a problem, however, and the market is dominated largely by American and Argentine films. In 2015 Paraguay submitted its first entry for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Arami Ullon's documentary "Cloudy Times". In September 2017, the Film Academy of Paraguay chose its second candidate for the Oscar award, "Los buscadores" ("Gold Seekers") by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori, directors of "7 Boxes". "Memory Exercises" by Paz Encina was also nominated for a Goya Award in Spain. In October 2017, the Senate approved with half sanction