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Dissecting the Politics of Paraguay’s Next President

Ovelar, Lugo & Oviedo

Fernando Lugo, a bearded, left-leaning bishop is expected to win Paraguay‘s historic presidential election on April 20th, upsetting a 60-year rule by the right wing Colorado Party. While escaping the heat of the Paraguayan sun by sitting in the shade of an orange tree, farmer union leader Tomas Zayas explains, “If Lugo is elected, it will open a door for more changes in the future, but that’s all. We’ll take what we can get.” 

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Paraguay: Campesino Leader Charged For Confronting Crop Spraying

Campesino Protest

The criminalization of social movements in Paraguay has worsened with the recent order to detain political and social leader Tomás Zayas, a municipal councilor and three campesinos, charged for “Homicidal intent and criminal association.” These accusations are due to the conflict that has developed over the last three years over intense crop spraying with pesticides. […]

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Fighting for Survival in Paraguay’s Green Desert Wonderland

March 18, 2008 David Vargas 0

Road to Juliana Fleitas.

(IPS) "The first red stains on Nicanor’s white shirt" reads the inscription on a memorial niche at the side of the road to Ypecuá, 230 kilometres from Asunción, where peasant farmers are fighting for their land and against the diseases caused by agrochemicals used on nearby soybean plantations.

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New Versus Old Right in Paraguay’s Presidential Election

Blanca Ovelar

Now that much of Latin America has shifted to the left, Paraguay remains a key Washington ally. The country’s political landscape continues to be dominated by the Colorado Party, which has been in power for 61 years. Yet as the panorama of candidates for the April presidential election makes clear, a new right-wing faction is emerging within the party, pledging to cut the umbilical cord with the past. […]

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Action Against Agrochemicals in Paraguay

December 7, 2007 Diego Segovia 0

Protest Against Soy

On December 3rd, various Paraguayan civil society organizations commemorated the international day against agrochemicals. They paraded through the capital city of Asunción and its suburbs to demand that various authorities fulfill their duties of controlling and regulating agrochemicals.

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