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Police Repression and Presidential Promises: The Fight for Social Justice in Paraguay

Despite brutal police violence, on November 6, campesinos celebrated the victorious ending of a three day long mass mobilization. Some...

Political and Social Crisis in Paraguay

In his inaugural speech this past August, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo clearly positioned himself on the side of the socially...

Cooperation as Rebellion: Creating Sustainable Agriculture in Paraguay

As newly elected Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo moves to make good on campaign promises, the proposals of Paraguayan farming movements...

P-MAS in Paraguay: Young Socialists Build a New Party from the Ground Up

The Party of the Movement Toward Socialism (P-MAS), has become a force to be reckoned with on the political stage...

Lugo Faces First Challenges: Coup Plots and the Multi-Ring Political Circus of Paraguay

Very few who followed the political circus in Paraguay over the past two weeks were surprised when President Fernando Lugo...

Asunción's Bañados Neighborhood: The Power of Community in Paraguay

It has been nearly half a century since the Bañados area (Spanish for marshy wetlands) was a swamp upon where...

Paraguay: Move over Chicago, a Cambridge Boy's in Town

Among the throng of distinguished international guests drawn to participate in the first democratic transition of government in Paraguay's 190-year...

Dispatch From Paraguay: Hope Reigns at Dawn of Fernando Lugo Presidency

At the inauguration of president Fernando Lugo, the central plaza in Asunción, Paraguay was full of the people who brought...

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