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Paraguayan official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country
Nick SquiresFri, December 1, 2023 at 8:19 AM PST
Arnaldo Chamorro, chief of staff at Paraguay's ministry of agriculture (left) poses with representatives of 'Kailasa' after signing a declaration recognising the fictional country
A Paraguayan official has resigned after signing an agreement with a fictional country invented by an Indian “guru” on the run from an array of sexual assault charges.
Arnaldo Chamorro was forced to step down as chief of staff of the Paraguayan agriculture ministry, having been duped into penning the “memorandum of understanding” with representatives from the non-existent United States of Kailasa.
The United States of Kailasa may have an abundant presence on the internet but it is not, and never has been, a sovereign nation, nor does it seem to occupy so much as an inch of physical territory.
It is led by a self-anointed Hindu mystic and con artist named Swami Nithyananda, who has been on the run from rape and sexual assault charges in India since 2019.
He has previously claimed that he can see through walls, delay the rising of the sun and induce cows to speak in Sanskrit. His whereabouts are unknown.
A ‘cosmic’ republic
On its website, the fictional country is described as the “revival of the ancient enlightened Hindu civilisational nation which is being revived by displaced Hindus from around the world.”Nithyananda claimed in 2009 that he had established his “cosmic” republic on a private island off the coast of Ecuador – a claim that was denied by the government of the South American country.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/paraguayan-official-resigns-signing-agreement-161937342.html