RSS• President Lugo’s hands are barely on the wheel. State of Emergency Declared On April 26, 2010, Paraguay suspended due process and constitutional rights as a result of a State of Emergency (SOE) that was declared in five northern provinces: Concepción, San Pedro, Amambay, Presidente Hayes, an[...]
Archive for the Category: "Paraguay"
July 14th, 2010 - 12:15 pm § in Front Page, Paraguay
Land Reform: A Clear and Constant Problem for Paraguay’s President
La disputa sobre la Soya
• Reforma agraria paralizada mientras que el sucio expediente del presidente Lugo se sigue ensuciando, particularmente al fallar en su compromiso de dar tierra a los que no la tienen. • La lucha campesina por tierra y el esfuerzo a medias de Lugo de adoptar una postura ante la omnipresencia de [...]
May 11th, 2010 - 9:05 am § in Front Page, Paraguay
Soybean Wars
• Land reform put on hold as President Lugo’s already mixed record becomes even more muddy, particularly when it comes to honoring his pledge to give land to the landless. • The campesino struggle for land and Lugo’s halfhearted effort to take a stand as a handful of omnipresent agroindustri[...]
February 3rd, 2010 - 11:17 am § in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Front Page, Paraguay, Reports, Venezuela
FARQaeda* (FARC + Al Qaeda): A Real Threat or a Matter of Circumstantial Evidence?
Over the past several months, a number of reports have circulated that address the subject of drug trafficking ties between South American narcotics trafficking interests and terrorist organizations, principally Al Qaeda and its smaller affiliates now known to be based in Northern Africa. These ass[...]
Brazil and Paraguay: Brazil concedes on Itaipú Energy Deal, Signals Commitment to “Good Neighbor” Policy
July 25, 2009 marked the passage of a landmark piece of reform that was brokered between Brazil and Paraguay. The agreement, signed in Asunción, finally resolved a decade long disagreement between the two governments regarding the Itaipú dam. The revisions in the Itaipú treaty had far reaching im[...]
May 26th, 2009 - 12:30 pm § in In the News, Paraguay
Iran: Tehran looking to strengthen ties with Paraguay
May 26, 2009 ADNKronos International Asuncion, 26 May (AKI) – Paraguay’s foreign minister Hector Lacognata has told Iran that it is committed to building stronger economic ties with Tehran, according to Iran’s state-run media. The move appears to be part of a strategy by Iran to ex[...]
A Year of Lugo: In an Effort to Remain Relevant, Lugo Must Choose his Battles
Paraguayan President, Fernando Lugo, has been in office for one year, but many of his campaign promises have yet to be fulfilled Lugo must fight powerful Brazilian-backed entities if he is to succeed in carrying out his agrarian reform promises So long as the ANR retains control, Lugo is powerless [...]
Paraguay’s President Lugo: A Beloved Pastoral Leader Now Going Through an Exceedingly Rough Patch
Tomorrow, COHA will publish Research Associate, Billy Lemus’ article reviewing Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo’s first year in office. He will examine the abundance of crucial issues which Lugo has had to face in Asunción thus far, including negotiations with the Brazilians over the controve[...]
March 30th, 2009 - 11:15 am § in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Front Page, Paraguay, Peru, Press Releases
Global Recession: Protectionism and Diversification in the U.S. and South America
- Peru and Chile maintain free market principles and diversification of trading partners - Brazil, Chile, Colombia and the U.S. implement huge stimulus packages - Argentina, Paraguay, and Ecuador attempt to protect their economies by imposing new tariffs - The G-20 summit this April could offer glob[...]
Paraguay’s Lugo: A Genuine South American Hero and a Worthy Challenge to Brazil
As many Latin American policy analysts have suggested, the election of moderate-left Fernando Lugo and his Alianza Patriotica para el Cambio coalition is yet another manifestation of a South American referendum in favor of a socialist-tinged democracy. Undoubtedly, Lugo’s inauguration marked a tra[...]