Paraguay News Archives

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

“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

“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

“If my attitude and my disobedience of canon law caused sorrow, I sincerely ask forgiveness to the people of the Church. In particular, I ask pardon to Pope Benedict XVI”

ASUNCION, Paraguay, APRIL 23, 2008 .- The president-elect of Paraguay, a suspended Catholic bishop, asked forgiveness from the Church for the sorrow his disobedience of canon law has caused. via Zenit

Asuncion, Apr 21 Fernando Lugo, winner of the Paraguayan general elections, says he will take power on August 15 with commitment and faith to serve his people. via Prensa Latina

“Paraguay's election is just further evidence that Latin America's political geography has changed in basic ways”

Fernando Lugo, Paraguay's President-elect, talks to journalists at his home in Lambare on the outskirts of Asuncion, Monday, April 21, 2008. via HendersonvilleNews.com

“Lugo is a priest who understands the needs of the poor and I believe he is going to solve many social problems.”

Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo, center right, and his running mate Federico Franco, center left, rise up their arms as they greet supporters in Asuncion, Sunday, April 20, 2008. via CBS News

“The Roman Empire fell, and the Colorado Party can fall as well.”

ASUNCION, Paraguay - A former Roman Catholic bishop who regularly wears sandals and admires Che Guevara has a historic chance to break the ruling party's 62-year grip on power in Paraguay. via New York Times

Paraguay's bishop of the poor has leapt from the pulpit to politics in hopes of working a miracle: toppling a party that has ruled his poor South American nation for six decades through dictatorship and ... via PR-inside.com

“The government has forgotten about us, we are dying off, and they are killing our forests”

An indigenous woman has an excellent chance of winning a seat in Congress for the first time in the history of Paraguay, in Sunday's general elections. via Inter Press Service

“When we timidly entered the political arena, we said a change would come to Paraguay no matter what, that it's unstoppable, and it didn't matter to us whether it happened in 2008, 2013, 2030 or 2050. But it had to happen sometime”

A former Roman Catholic bishop could end more than 60 years of one-party rule in Paraguay's presidential election on Sunday and join the growing ranks of leftist leaders in Latin America. via Reuters

Birth mother's last name was Riveros. I was born in 1982 in Asuncion and was abandoned. via Cousinconnect.com

Police in Paraguay have used water cannons to disperse about 400 protesters demanding public housing days before a presidential election. via PR-inside.com

A priest inspired by Latin America's radical new politics is threatening Paraguay's dictatorship The radical tide sweeping Latin America is moving into the obscurer creeks and backwaters of the continent. via Guardian Unlimited

Asuncion, Apr 10 Paraguayan indigenous and farmer women denounced the country's public health situation, in particular women and children in communities, said the digital version of local newspaper ABC Color ... via Prensa Latina

CALL it the Obamification of Latin-music - bringing two, sometimes three and four worlds together to create something thrilling, historic and yes, bursting with hope. via New York Post

“I met one lady who has been blind for seven years and her shin was just bleeding because she kept banging into things”

Poor, blind patients have access to new eye hospital Things will soon be looking a lot better for thousands of poor, blind Paraguayans. via Toronto Sun

Interpol has issued a "red notice" for the capture of Colombian rebel leader Rodrigo Granda, wanted in connection with a high-profile kidnapping and killing in Paraguay, an agency official said Friday. via The Miami Herald

Paraguay supports Venezuela's bid for full membership of the Common Market of the South , visiting Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez said here Tuesday. via People's Daily Online

Saturday, 29 March 2008, 1:52 pm Column: Bill Berkowitz President's brother flaks for Moon organization in Latin America while his curriculum on wheels is being investigated by the Education Department's ... via Scoop