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Paraguay ups stakes in electricity row with Brazil, Argentina
Asunción :: Paraguay | 1 month ago
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It began as a Mercosur wrist-rapping of little landlocked Paraguay but an Argentine-Brazilian-Uruguayan diplomatic effort to isolate Asuncion is backfiring with more backlash against the trio from Paraguay's newly legitimized government.
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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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Paraguay mulls security expansion
Asunción :: Paraguay | 9 months ago
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Landlocked Paraguay is taking measures to increase security of its borders, air and land links and telecommunications amid a continuing standoff with neighbors over the removal of former President Fernando Lugo and takeover by President Federico
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Mercosur muddle over Paraguay deepening
Asunción :: Paraguay | 9 months ago
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Mercosur divisions are growing as landlocked Paraguay accuses fellow founder members Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay of undermining its small resource-dependent economy. The political and trade bloc suspended Paraguay when its Senate impeached former
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London and Quito Navigate Uncertain Waters
Asunción :: Paraguay | 10 months ago
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Not Much to Look At This article examines the likely consequences that a Romney White House would have on the United States' policy towards Latin America. Based on his statements at the VFW convention and those articulated in his foreign policy white
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Paraguay plays down suspension by Unasur
Asunción :: Paraguay | 10 months ago
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Paraguayan President Federico Franco played down the landlocked country's continued diplomatic isolation since he took office after the Union of South American States declared it wouldn't lift suspension imposed in response to the "coup" that put
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Paraguay row set to weaken Mercosur pact
Asunción :: Paraguay | 11 months ago
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Paraguay's escalating diplomatic conflict with neighbors over its suspension from Mercosur and threatened exclusion from the Organization of American States shows no sign of abating. An impassioned presidency of Federico Franco in Asuncion is helping
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Paraguay Opens Doors to Unregulated Foreign Investment
Asunción :: Paraguay | 11 months ago
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In his first month as president of Paraguay, Federico Franco has thrown open the doors of his country to foreign investments that have raised questions about environmental safety. Among the measures taken by the new government were fast-track
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Paraguay's presidential coup: the inside story
Asunción :: Paraguay | 12 months ago
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Fernando Lugo, the radical priest elected Paraguay's president in 2008 after decades of authoritarian rule, has been deposed less than a year before the end of his term. This dramatic turn of events is rooted in the strains produced by economic
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New Paraguayan president meets Taiwan's ambassador
Taipei :: Taiwan | 12 months ago
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Taipei, July 5 (CNA) Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay Jose Maria Liu was received July 3 by Paraguayan President Federico Franco, who recently assumed the post after the former president was impeached, according to a statement released by Taiwan's
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