Paraguay

• Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay: ministerial change but economic policy confirmed

  Paraguay's president Nicanor Duarte Frutos announced the naming of a new Finance minister following the unexpected resignation for “strictly personal reasons” of Ernst Bergen who had been on the job for 26 months.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Guarani heritage to sweeten Paraguayan farmers pockets

  

  Paraguayan farmers are hoping to cash in on a low-calorie sweetener being made by the Coca-Cola Co from a native plant long prized by indigenous people in one of South America's poorest countries.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Bishop of the poor” challenges Paraguay's elites and church

  A charismatic leader dubbed the “Bishop of the Poor” is an early favourite to make history as the first man to serve as a Roman Catholic bishop then be elected president of his country. Even when presidential elections next April are still far Fernando Lugo has the support from 40% of voters and is ten points ahead of his runner up.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay: more support for former bishop presidential hopeful

  Paraguay's leading presidential pre-candidate and former bishop Fernando Lugo received this week the formal support from one of the country's main opposition parties the Authentic Liberal Radicals, PLRA.

• Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Soy boom brings wealth, at a price

  

  Few towns in Paraguay's impoverished countryside have a stoplight, well-paved roads or a library. This remote farming community has all three, and residents cite one reason: soybeans.

• Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay: former bishop leads presidential opinion polls

  

  A former Catholic bishop and pre-candidate from the Paraguayan opposition Fernando Lugo, is leading public opinion polls for presidential elections of April 2008 according to the Sunday edition of Asunción daily Ultima Hora.

• Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguayan president praises Chavez, lashes out at Bush

  

  Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte lashed out at his US counterpart George W. Bush for failing to contribute to development in poor countries, and hailed Hugo Chávez' Venezuela as a country “with an overdose of democracy.”

• Sunday, March 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Dengue epidemic in Paraguay extends: 15.356 cases admitted

  Paraguay's Ministry of Health head nurse died last Friday of hemorrhagic dengue an epidemics caused by a mosquito which is rapidly extending in the landlocked South American country and has 15.000 cases officially confirmed.

• 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.