Paraguay

• Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Dengue fever forces Paraguay to declare “national emergency”

  

  Faced with 100.000 cases of dengue infection which have also caused several deaths Paraguayan Congress declared this week a 60 days “national emergency” and voted funds to combat the Aedes agypty mosquito which transmits the disease.

• Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UN health agency helping Paraguay control dengue outbreak

  The United Nations Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, a regional arm of the UN World Health Organization, WHO, is assisting Paraguay in its efforts to control an outbreak of dengue fever that has affected thousands.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Bishop leads polls for Paraguay's 2008 presidential election

  A former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo is the candidate with the best image among voters for the 2008 Paraguayan presidential, while current head of state Nicanor Duarte ranks ten, according to a public opinion poll released Tuesday in the capital Asunción.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Vatican bars Bishop from Paraguayan presidential candidacy

  The Vatican suspended “a divinis” Paraguayan bishop Fernando Lugo for having resigned last year to his church position to become a candidate for the presidential election of 2008.