Paraguay

• Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Ex Paraguay leader accused of public funds squander

  

  Former Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte authorized payments equivalent to 13 million US dollars to media and journalists during the last twenty months of his term in a desperate effort to boost the campaign of the incumbent presidential candidate and his own candidacy to a Senate seat.

• Friday, October 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay Guinness record with largest open-air barbecue

  

  Mercosur country member Paraguay broke the Guinness World Record Sunday October 26 for the world's largest one day open-air barbecue.

• Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay promises protection to Brazilian land-holders

  

  Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo said in Washington his administration guarantees the security of all Brazilian residents in the country, but also emphasized they must respect the Paraguayan legal system.

• Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush pledges help to fight corruption, poverty in Paraguay

  

  President George Bush joined Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Monday in a pledge to bring assistance to the poverty-stricken South American nation while fighting corruption in the ranks of its government.

• Monday, October 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguayan president meets Bush next week in White House

  

  Paraguay President Fernando Lugo will meet President George Bush at the White House on October 27. The visit provides an opportunity “to reaffirm our strong relationship with Paraguay” said a release from the US Executive.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Peasant death forces Paraguay to ban foreign land holders

  The killing of a landless peasant in Paraguay during a police eviction process in a farm belonging to a Brazilian national, decided the government on Tuesday to suspend all sales of land to foreigners.

• Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay's Lugo in Brazil to demand “electricity fair deal”

  

  Paraguay's new President Fernando Lugo visited Brazil Wednesday with the purpose of launching talks on a deal to give the landlocked country a fairer share of the revenue for the electricity generated by a huge dam built across the two countries border.

• Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay adrift from Taiwan and closer to Beijing

  

  A “new diplomatic time” has opened for Paraguay's international relations and one of its priorities is establishing full relations with Beijing, said Foreign Affairs minister Alejandro Hamed Franco during a visit to Brasilia.

• Friday, September 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguayan president first “international test” in Brazil

  

  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is scheduled to make his first official international incursion (and test) next September 17 when he visits Brazil and meets with his counterpart Lula da Silva.

• Thursday, September 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguayan president manages to defuse institutional crisis

  The Paraguayan Senate managed on Thursday to defuse an institutional stand off which threatened the stability of the recently inaugurated government of President Fernando Lugo. With a simple majority the ruling collation disbarred former president Nicanor Duarte who insisted in occupying a seat for which he had been elected.