Sunday | The Miami Herald
The sounds of heaven, plucked on 36 strings, fill the ramshackle houses and potholed streets of this sleepy capital. via The Miami Herald
Friday May 9 | Pretoria News
Former bishop oust ruling party
“I'm supporting Lugo because he cared about poor people when he was bishop and I think he's honest and won't steal from the Paraguayan people like all the other politicians have”
Paraguay votes in big test for ruling party By Hilary Burke Asuncion - Fernando Lugo, a mild-mannered former Roman Catholic bishop, won Paraguay's presidential election on Sunday to end more than 60 years of ... via Pretoria News
Thursday May 8 | Prensa Latina
Lugo to Insist on Binational Hydroelectric Plant
“One thing is to renegotiate the Itaipu treaty signed with Brazil and another is to demand a fair price”
Asuncion, May 6 President-elect of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, said that he will take the opportunity of a meeting in Brazil to raise the question of the Itaipu binational hydroelectric plant. via Prensa Latina
Tuesday May 6 | Inter Press Service
PARAGUAY: Torture Victims Still Fear Colorado Party 'Mafia'
“We hope that at least the criminalisation of social struggles and mass movements will end”
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 5 - The Colorado Party has become a "criminal mafia" during its 61 years in government in Paraguay, and it will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in spite of its defeat in last ... via Inter Press Service
Tuesday May 6 | Fides News
EUROPE/ITALY - "Our mission...is on all human frontiers": Interview with Monsignor Massimo ...
“Kahawa Sukari is the point in which the entire Fraternity begins to take life, through our miserable lives. They are poor, but they always shine with zeal for man's destiny.”
The Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo, founded in 1985 by Monsignor Massimo Camisasca, today has a hundred members who are priests, as well as some thirty seminarians, currently ... via Fides News
Sunday May 4 | The White House
Nominations Sent to the Senate
Liliana Ayalde, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of ... via The White House
Friday May 2 | Earth Times
QlikView Adoption Rapidly Expanding in Latin America
Latin America is one of the fastest growing markets for QlikView worldwide. Over the past two years, QlikView ' s acceptance in Latin America has rapidly grown from 75 customers and 10 partners in four ... via Earth Times
Wednesday Apr 30 | Prensa Latina
Lugo Vows Help for Paraguay Poor
Asuncion, Apr 24 Paraguayan president-elect, Fernando Lugo, said one of the main challenges of his government is the fight against poverty. via Prensa Latina
Monday Apr 28 | La Voz de Nosotros - NOLA.com
Forget First Husband. In Paraguay, a First Older Sister
“I have a few projects I wish to discuss with the president-elect”
Posted by Matt Saldaa / NOLA Blogger April 25, 2008 11:30AM While Americans speculate -- and fans of Bill Clinton, gender role-reversal and the 90s salivate -- over the prospect of having the first, First ... via La Voz de Nosotros - NOLA.com
Saturday Apr 26 | Los Angeles Times
Ex-bishop Fernando Lugo shakes up politics in Paraguay
“From today on, my cathedral will be the country”
A sense of new possibilities courses through the crowd even before 'the bishop of the poor' shows up in the plaza of this sugar-cane farming center. via Los Angeles Times







