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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 : World leaders are gathering in New York this week for the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Their newest member is Fernando Lugo who was inaugurated last month as the president of Paraguay. Fernando Lugo is a former priest and well-versed in liberation theology. He was called the "bishop of the poor" and is known for leading...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
With the beginning of Fernando Lugo's presidency, Muna Annahas writes that there may be too much expectations on the new government, even though that he is enjoying more than 90% approval rating.
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Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Last week, I mentioned that Fernando Lugo may have been facing talks of a coup . Fortunately, Congress quickly moved to resolve the situation : 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...
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Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Maybe Fernando Lugo's not as safe as I thought : Latin American leaders have rallied behind Paraguay's new president, Fernando Lugo, after he said he was the target of a possible coup plot.[... Lugo] has accused retired general Lino Oviedo and former president Nicanor Duarte of involvement in the alleged conspiracy. Both have denied this. I don't really know what...
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Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... make our own free decisions about our energy” — the first of six points that the administration of Fernando Lugo would like to discuss with Brazil, said Roberto Colman, a member of the new commission created in Asunción to negotiate international treaties like the one that established the binational Itaipú power plant. One of Paraguay’s aims is to be able to sell energy to third countries...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Paraguay's president has warned of a possible coup plot against his new government, saying that rival politicians summoned a key military figure to gauge support for their political ambitions.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Fernando Lugo's presidency started with an announcement that he would forgo his monthly salary. "I don't need that salary, which belongs to the poor," said Lugo. Different local bloggers see things differently, as one applauds the decision and another wonders how Lugo will pay for his own expenses.
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Weiwen's religion blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Democracy Now has a report on Paraguay's new President . A former priest known as the “Bishop of the Poor,” Fernando Lugo is the first Paraguayan president since 1946 not to be from the conservative Colorado Party. He has pledged to give land to the landless and fight corruption. We speak to Greg Grandin , professor of Latin American History at NYU. [This link is an MP3] In one of his...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 : A former priest known as the "Bishop of the Poor," Fernando Lugo is the first Paraguayan president since 1946 not to be from the conservative Colorado Party. He has pledged to give land to the landless and fight corruption. We speak to Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American History at NYU.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has promised new Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo “all the oil he needs” during a public event on the weekend in Uruguay after Lugo was inaugurated on Friday. The initiative formed part of a total of 12 agreements of cooperation that were reached in the town of San Pedro, 300 kilometers from [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Paraguay's president, Fernando Lugo, who has appointed the first indigenous person to oversee ethnic Indian affairs in the country. Photograph: Jorge Saenz/APA Paraguayan tribal woman who says she was captured in the jungle and sold into forced labour as a child has become a member of the the country's cabinet, vowing to improve the lives of South America's indigenous population.Margarita...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Text of report by prominent Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color website on 1 October [Article by political analyst Roque Gonzalez Vera: "The Agreements Signed by Lugo and Chavez Have No Juridical Value"] President Fernando Lugo has the right to sign international agreements, but he cannot disregard the constitutional mandate of submitting the documents for congressional approval.
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WTF Is It Now?? (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
"Bwwwwahahahaha!," explained President Lugo, adding, "Ha ha ha ha ha!" Paraguay President Fernando Lugo, while attending both the United Nations General Assembly meetings and the Clinton Global Initiative, shared with friends over dinner some of the other meetings he had been having in New York. He met this head of state. . .and that head of state. . .and so on. . . . . .but then...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo issued a join declaration Monday on such issue as security, drug trafficking and cooperation, during Lugo's official visit to Bogota. During their meeting Monday at the government headquarters in Narino House, the two leaders discussed bilateral agreements aimed at widening information exchange and strategies...
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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
First, McCain won't meet with the President of Iran. Next, McCain won't meet with the President of Spain. Now Fernando Lugo, the President of Paraguay, has had enough: > Steve Clemons: Paraguay President Fernando Lugo... the room went silent and then broke into subdued laughter when he confided that he was approached about meeting with GOP Vice Presidential candidate and...
