Paraguay

As newly elected Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo moves to make good on campaign promises, the proposals of Paraguayan farming movements themselves point the way to sustainable change. […]

The Party of the Movement Toward Socialism (P-MAS), has become a force to be reckoned with on the political stage of Paraguay. P-MAS is one of Latin America’s newest Socialist parties — it’s barely two years old, and the average age of its members is 25 — but it has already hit the radar screen of those following the political processes of Latin America. […]

Very few who followed the political circus in Paraguay over the past two weeks were surprised when President Fernando Lugo announced that ex-General Lino Oviedo and ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos were plotting a coup d’etat. Lugo won the presidency in a contest between Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar and ex-General Oviedo on April 20th and, on August 15, Nicanor Duarte stepped down from the post as Lugo was sworn in. […]

It has been nearly half a century since the Bañados area (Spanish for marshy wetlands) was a swamp upon where the Paraguay River dumped its waters during rainy seasons. It was also Asunción’s garbage dump. Today, it is one of the most populous neighborhoods, where extreme poverty has become tolerable thanks to incredible solidarity. […]

Among the throng of distinguished international guests drawn to participate in the first democratic transition of government in Paraguay’s 190-year history, Joseph Stiglitz, economist and advisor to the Clinton White House, may just prove the most influential. […]

At the inauguration of president Fernando Lugo, the central plaza in Asunción, Paraguay was full of the people who brought Lugo to power, including the indigenous and campesinos from distant parts of the country. Lugo summed up the sentiments of his supporters: "I refuse to live in a country where some can’t sleep because of fear and others can’t sleep because they’re hungry." […]

Tomás Galeano, leader of the Yakye Axa community. Credit:David Vargas/IPS (IPS) – Indigenous Enxet people are still waiting for the restitution of their ancestral lands, nearly three years after the Paraguayan state was convicted by […]

Asuncion, Paraguay – Even before last night’s official results were announced, supporters of leftist presidential candidate Fernando Lugo were in the streets celebrating what many called a dream come true. […]

Click here to listen to this report by Michael Fox on Free Speech Radio News on the Fernando Lugo victory in Paraguay. FSRN: Yet another country has made a left-turn in Latin America: in an […]