Academia Militar Mcal. Francisco Solano López | |
Type | service academy |
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Established | 1915 |
Location | , 25°21′30.2″S 57°25′41.2″W / 25.358389°S 57.428111°W |
Language | Spanish |
Official march | Radetzky March |
The Mar. Francisco Solano López Military Academy (officially, the Marshal Francisco Solano López Military Academy; Spanish: Academia Militar Mariscal Francisco Solano López) is a service academy in Capiatá, Paraguay.
The school was established in 1915 and was renamed in honor of Francisco Solano López in 1948 as the Marshal Francisco Solano López Military College. [1] During the 1954 Paraguayan coup d'etat, President Federico Chávez initially sought refuge at the college, however, was arrested by its then-director, Marcial Samaniego. [2] In 1995 it was redesignated the Marshal Francisco Solano López Military Academy and, in 2002, women were admitted for the first time. [1]
The Francisco López Military Academy is a tri-service school responsible for training and commissioning officers of the Paraguayan Army, Navy, and Air Force. [3]
Admission to the academy is competitive; in 2012 there were 312 applicants for 110 spaces. Candidates are evaluated on a series of physical, medical, psychological, and academic examinations. [4]