Paraguay

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Paraguay March 26, 2012

Paraguay last week

Gay Paraguayan couple marry; mass deforestation in the Chaco; activities organised to commemorate ‘March Massacre.’

Written By:
Rose Stokes on March 26, 2012.
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Paraguay March 18, 2012

Paraguay 19.3.12

Amnesty International calls for end of violence against women in Paraguay; Lugo announces revision in income tax laws; Cocaine production located in Ciudad del Este.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on March 18, 2012.
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Paraguay March 12, 2012

Paraguay 12.3.12

Leader of Carperos flees country following child sex allegations; Senatur begins new internal tourism campaign; Ministry of Health on high alert following confirmed rabies case.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on March 12, 2012.
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Paraguay March 5, 2012

Paraguay 3.3.12

State accepts responsibility for dictatorship disappearance; indigenous communities receive emergency aid; head of Air Force dismissed following unauthorised use of helicopter.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on March 5, 2012.
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Paraguay February 27, 2012

Paraguay 27.2.12

Carperos agree to relocate to land provided by the state; six Paraguayans die in Buenos Aires train crash; Paraguay celebrates National Tereré Day.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on February 27, 2012.
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Paraguay February 20, 2012

Paraguay 20.2.12

Brazilian Tranquilo Favero is declared Persona Non grata; shocking details emerge concerning the murder of ex-president, Raúl Cubas’ daughter; reports claim Stroessner bathed in blood of dead children.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on February 20, 2012.
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Paraguay February 13, 2012

Paraguay 13.2.12

Social unrest continues in Ñacunday; Vice President Federico Franco is struck down with dengue; Paraguayan director wins a prestigious award in London.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on February 13, 2012.
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Paraguay February 6, 2012

Paraguay 6.2.12

Tensions peak over land conflict in Ñacunday; Paraguay celebrates 23 years since the fall of the dictatorship; the contentious ‘listas sábanas’ voting system is abolished.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on February 6, 2012.
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Paraguay January 30, 2012

Paraguay 28.1.12

President Fernando Lugo gets cancer all-clear; Encarnación celebrates carnaval; Home Secretary Carlos Filizzola shows support for National Memory Week.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on January 30, 2012.
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Paraguay January 23, 2012

Paraguay 21.1.12

Salvador Cabañas makes a heroic return to football; Encarnación experiences a boom in tourism; nearly 30 cases of Dengue are confirmed.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on January 23, 2012.
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Paraguay January 16, 2012

Paraguay 14.1.12

Foot-and-mouth outbreak takes its toll on the economy; Paraguayan musicians survive the Costa Concordia disaster; Minister of Education calls for an improvement in sex education.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on January 16, 2012.
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Paraguay January 9, 2012

Paraguay 7.1.12

Social unrest concerning Asunción’s Plaza Uruguaya continues; fires in national reserves of Caazapá cause ‘incalculable damage’; dismissed civil servants in Fernando de la Mora use shocking protest methods.

Written By:
Rose Stokes on January 9, 2012.
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Paraguay December 19, 2011

Paraguay 19.12.11

Protesting indigenous communities threaten to build housing in public spaces; The UN calls for a new social agreement to help fight poverty; Paulino Rojas is named head of the National…

Written By:
Rose Stokes on December 19, 2011.

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