Tag: Fernando Lugo

• Tuesday, June 29th 2010 - 05:40 UTC

  Boosted by agriculture Paraguay set to expand 6% in 2010

  

  Paraguay expects an annual growth of 5% by the end of President Fernando Lugo’s administration which finishes in 2013 and inflation should not be higher than one digit said Economy Minister Dionisio Borda.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:29 UTC

  Lugo calls Congress to vote for Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo called on Congress, under opposition control, to support the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, as has already been voted by Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

• Friday, May 7th 2010 - 21:40 UTC

  Brazil Will Not Allow Drug Cartels or Armed Groups from Taking Over Paraguay

  

  Brazilian Senate president José Sarney said there are serious risks of a “Colombianization” of Paraguay given the recent actions of an armed group self proclaimed the Paraguayan People’s Army, EPP, and called for strong support for President Fernando Lugo.

• Friday, May 7th 2010 - 01:41 UTC

  UNASUR will Address “Coup Attempt-Honduras Model” in Paraguay

  

  An imminent coup in Paraguay, Honduras-model, with the purpose of ousting President Fernando Lugo was analyzed by UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) leaders during the recent summit held in Buenos Aires, according to press reports from Argentina and Brazil.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 21:41 UTC

  Brazil “Blackmails” Paraguay to Approve Venezuela’s Mercosur Annexation

  

  Paraguayan opposition and media strongly criticized Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s for not keeping his Itaipú dam-controversy promises and allegedly for conditioning further assistance to the approval by the Paraguayan congress of Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 05:37 UTC

  Lula da Silva Confirms Paraguay the Promised Power Line and Bridge

  

  President Lula da Silva reassured Paraguay that Brazil will build the promised 500 kW power transmission line from the Itaipú dam to the capital Asunción, as well as a bridge over the Paraná River shared by both countries.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 23:09 UTC

  Paraguayan Press Blasts 37 Anniversary of Brazilian “Imperial Itaipú Treaty”

  

  Paraguay’s president Fernando Lugo said he is looking forward to the coming meeting next May 3 with his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva because he would be coming back with “good news” referred to the shared power from Itaipu, the world’s second largest hydroelectric dam belonging to both countries.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 17:53 UTC

  Brazil Promises to Insist on Paraguay for Venezuela’s Mercosur Incorporation

  

  Venezuela is an extremely important factor for the social and economic development of the region and Brazil will insist upon Paraguay on the need for the approval of Venezuela’s incorporation as full member of Mercosur, stressed Senator Romero Juca from the Brazilian ruling coalition.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 01:26 UTC

  Paraguay Imposes 30-Day State of Emergency to Combat Insurgent Violence

  

  Paraguay has passed a bill imposing a temporary suspension of constitutional rights in five northern and central provinces of the country in a crackdown on violence by a self proclaimed insurgent group, the Paraguayan People’s Army, EPP.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 03:16 UTC

  Lula da Silva says Brazil must extend a hand to Latinamerica’s poor countries

  

  President Lula da Silva defended his “diversification” diplomacy and said that Brazil must extend “a friendly hand” to all Latinamerican countries. He recalled that some interest groups in Brazil wanted him to strongly confront the governments of Bolivia and Paraguay because of differences over energy policies.