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Indian tribe with no prior contact with the outside world, an native rights group said Monday...The group says a Paraguayan government representative and two relatives of the tribe attempted to enter the region, but were barred by employees of the ranchers'...
Tags: Survival International, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Paraguayan, Paraguay, Asunción
The regularity of the appearance of Paraguay's national football team at international competitions over the past 20 years is no fluke, but rather the consequence of well-planned, goals-oriented work within stable structures. That is why it was no surprise...
Tags: Paraguayan, Roque Santa Cruz, Gerardo Martino, Paraguay, Asunción, Cerro Porteᅢᄆo, Football in Paraguay, Paraguay national football team, Anᅢᆳbal Ruiz, allnews, Sergio Markariᅢᄀn, Club Olimpia
Candido Figueredo sits on his bullet-riddled porch holding the tools of his trade: a reporter's notepad, a mobile phone and a black 9mm submachine gun. "I'm a rare species of journalist," admits Figueredo, the regional correspondent of Paraguay 's largest...
Tags: Tom Phillips Candido Figueredo, Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguayan, South American, Brazilian, Mariano Baez, Paraguay, Slums, Amambay Department, Drug lord, Brazilian society, Favela, Poverty
Paraguay — Paraguayan authorities say 1,500 people have escaped a fire that destroyed a supermarket on the outskirts of the capital, killing two people. Officials say firefighters and police recovered the bodies of two dead males from the wreckage in...
Tags: Paraguayan, supermarket fire, Paraguay, Asunción, Disaster Accident
A massive blackout across the southern half of Brazil and all of Paraguay this week was caused by a fierce storm shorting transmission lines from a huge binational power plant, Brazil's government said. But the explanation, advanced by Energy Minister...
Tags: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Paraguayan, bad weather
Brazil Fernando Lugo , the president of Paraguay , swore in new commanders of the military on Thursday, just a day after he abruptly removed the leaders of the army, navy and air force amid speculation of a possible coup attempt that had stoked memories...
Tags: Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan, air force, Mr. Lugo, president fernando, armed force, catholic bishop
In a statement released on Wednesday, Fernando Lugo named new commanders for the army, air force and navy, but did not give a reason for his move. The president, whose win in last year's election brought an end to 61 uninterrupted years of rule by the...
Tags: Paraguayan, Fernando Lugo, military chiefs
Asuncion. Lugo forecasted a triumph of 2-0 over Argentina in the match to be played on Wednesday in "Defensores del Chaco" Stadium in Asuncion for the South American eliminatory to the World Cup South Africa 2010. "We came to encourage them, to...
Tags: world cup, Paraguayan, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Adriano, Chile, Nilmar, Carlos Tevez, Maradona
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the disappearance and killings of government opponents in the 1970s and 1980s.
Tags: Paraguayan
The claim comes just days after a woman said the head of the nation fathered her six-year-old boy while he was a priest. Two weeks ago Lugo had admitted that he fathered a child but has not acknowledged paternity in the more recent cases. Damiana Hortensia...
Tags: Paraguayan, Mr Lugo, Fernando Lugo, Paraguay Paternity Fiasco, old boy, pope John Paul, Pope John Paul II, paternity claims, presidency fernando