Paraguay: Lugo's election signals Latin shift

                   
energypublisher.com     Apr 27, 2008            

UK-based Andrew Nickson says that the former Catholic bishop's election as Paraguay's president is evidence of a sense of optimism in a country inured to corrupt politicians. ... he election of former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo as president of Paraguay is a... [read full story]                    

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PARAGUAY: Paraguay: Left wins election, ends one-party rule

greenleft.org.au     Apr 27, 2008          

Left-wing former bishop Fernando Lugo won Paraguay’s presidential election on April 20 with 41% of the vote, according to an April 21 AFP report. ... According to the report, Lugo stated: “Today we can dream of a different country … Paraguay will simply not be remembered...                    

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Between Liberation Theology and Evils of the Past

realclearpolitics.com     Apr 29, 2008          

His name is Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, and he projects the image of a good person, genuinely concerned by the calamities afflicting his Paraguayan compatriots. What are those calamities? Basically, the poverty of much of society. Paraguay is South America's second-poorest country,...                    

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