Paraguay News

PROJECTS: A newspaper article claimed the ROC embassy promised aid, which would be given to the incoming government to help resettle landless peasants By Loa Iok-sin STAFF REPORTER Monday, May 26, 2008, Page 1 ...

President-elect Fernando Lugo's footwear is raising eyebrows at official events, but the former clergyman's "bishop sandals" are catching on with Paraguayans.

The change allows the company to increase the number of seats on flights and adjust its air network to better serve the passengers.

The prime rate is the interest rate that banks charge their most credit-worthy customers, such as large corporations .

Children and adults scavenge for food and recyclable materials among mountains of stinking junk under an unbearable sun.

Making the old saying "cheaper by the dozen" their motto, a group of women in a poor neighbourhood of Asuncion created a cooperative to buy food in bulk, in order to combat the rise in food prices.

Chelsea defender Alex has been withdrawn from the Brazil squad for the next month's World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Argentina with an undisclosed injury.

“The United States knows how it feels. Every time elections are held in Latin America, bashing the USA brings votes.”

In a region where nationalism often trumps cross-border cooperation, the engineering marvel known as Itaipu was a triumph of teamwork: Paraguay and its giant neighbor, Brazil, collaborated on a colossal project ... via Los Angeles Times

“Special thanks to United Student Government and Dean Chase at the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences for making this year's conference possible. When I look back on my college years, Model UN will be the first memory that comes to mind.”

Baruch College Model United Nations attended the National Model United Nations Conference from Tuesday, April 22 to the Saturday, April 26. via The Ticker

Today is World Farmers' Day. This day is observed by chambers of agriculture throughout the world. via Today's Zaman

Today is Wednesday, May 14, the 135th day of 2008. There are 231 days left in the year. via International Herald Tribune

The sounds of heaven, plucked on 36 strings, fill the ramshackle houses and potholed streets of this sleepy capital. via The Miami Herald

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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