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Paraguay: protest votes nullified in PLRA internal election
Overwhelming number of protest votes in PLRA internal elections; campesinos charged for Curuguaty massacre; a powerful storm hits the capital
Paraguay: peasant leader’s death met with controversy
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights urges for investigation into death of Vidal Vega; internal elections for the Colorado party fail to attract voters; national footballer’s death sparks controversy
Paraguay: what happened in Curuguaty?
Social unrest as citizens demand to know what happened in Curuguaty; Franco snubs Unasur representative; gubernatorial hopeful found dead
Paraguay: 1,700kg of cocaine seized in Canindeyú
1,700kg of cocaine seized near Brazil border; suspected members of EPP captured; Unasur to publish a report on Paraguay on 29 November
Paraguay: Chilean ambassador to return to Asunción
Chilean ambassador to return to Asunción; plans announced for first Indigenous language institute in region; Uruguay to assume Paraguayan role at Mercosur summit; 71% of Chaco residents without food
Paraguay: Franco ‘will not invite’ UNASUR to monitor elections
President Franco ‘will not invite Unasur’ to monitor 2013 elections; public protests over repatriation of ex dictator’s remains; government will protest new Argentinian customs controls
Paraguay: OAS to send 90-strong special envoy for 2013 elections
OAS to send special envoy for 2013 elections; Panama to take over Paraguay’s diplomatic duties in Venezuela; Carperos return to Campos Morombí; Artists protest against Secretary of Culture
Paraguay: Diplomatic rift with Venezuela continues
Paraguay’s rift with Venezuela continues; abandoned railway is brought back to life in Sapucai; Paraguay will not attend Ibero-American Summit
Paraguay: Mario Ferreiro breaks from Frente Guasú
Mario Ferreiro breaks from Frente Guasú; Evo Morales denies ‘good relationship’ with Franco; plans to improve conditions in notorious Tacumbú prison
Paraguay: PLRA confirm team ahead of 2013 elections
PLRA name Efraín Alegre’s running mate for 2013 election; Paraguay will ‘not be affected by world economic crisis’; explosion in Concepción linked to EPP; Venezuelans in Paraguay can’t vote in election
Paraguay: Blocked website raises freedom of speech concerns
Spoof news site is blocked by two service providers; protests in NYC as President Franco speaks at the UN General Assembly; Cartes promises to ‘demarginalise’ slum area
Paraguay: 5 killed in powerful storm
Five killed and thousands left homeless after storm ravages suburb of Asunción; controversy over repatriation of Stroessner’s remains; EPP has ‘grown considerably’
Paraguay: EPP attacks leave two dead
EPP attacks leave two dead; Franco sparks controversy with talks over genetically modified seeds; Renate Costa’s ‘Resistente’ is screened in Venice
Paraguay: Unity returns to the Colorados
Lilian Samaniego backs Horacio Cartes for 2013 elections; Ex-Senator Blas Riquelme dies; 7 Cajas is highest grossing Paraguayan film in history
Paraguay: 2013 elections are confirmed
Dates for 2013 elections are confirmed; Paraguayan Senate votes against Venezuela’s Mercosur membership once again; Franco causes controversy on visit to Curuguaty