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Finding wealth in poverty
Asunción :: Paraguay | 6 months ago
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Looking at the filmmakers' Facebook page, it's also clear that lots of viewers feel this documentary has an inspiring message. I too feel the inspiration, but I'm not so clear about the message. Across the planet, there are millions of people who
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Mercosur puts a brave front on divisions
Asunción :: Paraguay | 6 months ago
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Latin America's Mercosur regional pact extended Paraguay's suspension from its ranks to April 2013 in a move set to divide the region and exacerbate tensions. Analysts said the decision to keep the landlocked agrarian country out of Mercosur was
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Paraguayan farmers question probe into killings
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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Lucia Aguero stood with the other farmers in the standoff. About 300 of them had occupied the rich politician's land that they insisted wasn't legally his...She watched as the two negotiators walked up to each other and began talking...The young
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Paraguayan player dies of viral infection in Indonesia
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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Paraguayan soccer player Diego Mendieta, who played for Indonesian club Persis Solo last year, has died of a viral infection, local media reported. The 32-year-old striker died late on Monday in a hospital in Solo, Central Java, the Jakarta Globe
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Gunmen assassinate peasant leader in Paraguay
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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Paraguay (AP) Gunmen early Saturday murdered one of the surviving leaders of a peasant movement whose land dispute with a powerful politician prompted the end of Fernando Lugo's presidency last June. Vidal Vega, 48, was hit four times by bullets from
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Paraguay takes Milan Expo tally up to 112
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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Paraguay on Friday became the 112th country to sign up for the Universal Expo or World's Fair in Milan in 2015. Announcing the news on Twitter, Expo chief Roberto Formigoni, the outgoing governor of Lombardy, said "now almost all of Latin America are
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Are ‘Pilgrim Shoes' the Next Hot Thing?
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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ET Landov; Startraks Thanksgiving was almost a week ago, but we spotted a pilgrim in Paraguay the other day...The singer is just one of many stars who have fallen for the latest shoe style: the pilgrim' shoe. Part loafer often with a heel the funky
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Building More Democratic Families in Argentina
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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It also does away with the idea of parental authority and control over children, which regards children as chattels of their parents, and replaces it with that of parental responsibility, and it replaces the concept of correction with those of
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2. Hit Paraguay movie to miss out on Oscars
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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Paraguay's most successful movie of all time will miss out on a chance to win an Oscar because the country doesn't have a selection committee recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...But, according to a spokesman for the
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Paraguay grants Taiwanese nationals landing visa treatment
Asunción :: Paraguay | 7 months ago
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Travelers holding Taiwan passports with a validity of at least six months can get a landing visa at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asuncion, Paraguay's main gateway, at a cost of US $100, the statement said. The landing visa entitles
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