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Paraguay named an undocumented U.S. immigrant to run its consulate in New York, discovering his illegal status only when the man returned home to get his diplomatic papers and was denied a U.S. visa.
Paraguayan authorities say 1,200 people have escaped a fire that destroyed a supermarket on the outskirts of the capital, killing two people.
A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay's Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday.
Paraguay needed a military shake-up to create opportunities for young officers with a proven commitment to democracy, President Fernando Lugo said Friday in his first explanation for removing his top commanders this week.
Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay's persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner's 1954-1989 rule.
Three police chiefs imprisoned for torture have finally have been fired after collecting their salaries from behind bars since 1995, Paraguay's interior minister said Tuesday.
A Paraguayan court has upheld a two-year prison sentence for architect Bernardo Ismachowiez, designer of a supermarket where 420 people died in a 2004 fire.
It's a gruesome tradition in Paraguay that gets results, at least from leftist priest-turned president Fernando Lugo. A half-dozen protesters have hammered long nails through their hands and tied themselves to crosses or laid in coffins in an appeal for land.
Paraguay's Supreme Court has upheld the original prison sentences given to the owners of a supermarket that caught fire five years ago, killing 420 people.
A woman who claims that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is the father of her son on Tuesday accused the former Roman Catholic bishop of raping her in their first sexual encounter.
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, who last month admitted fathering a son conceived while he was still a bishop, says celibacy vows taken by Roman Catholic clerics are "imperfect."
President Fernando Lugo dismissed the heads of Paraguay's army, navy and engineering corps for allowing nearly 1,000 Marxist youth to host a congress on military grounds, the government said Wednesday.
Fernando Lugo occupies Paraguay's highest office, but he's not above the rules of the road.
A top official during Paraguay's former dictatorship who came home last week must reveal where the bodies of dozens of tortured political prisoners are buried, President Fernando Lugo declared Tuesday.
In an April 20 story about paternity claims against Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a 6-year-old boy he allegedly fathered. He is named Lucas Fernando, not Fernando Lucas.
President Fernando Lugo asked for forgiveness Friday for a paternity scandal in which three women claim the former Roman Catholic bishop fathered their children.
President Fernando Lugo said Wednesday that he will return to the Roman Catholic Church when his term ends, despite acknowledging he fathered a child while still a bishop in rural Paraguay.
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo admitted Monday he is the father of a child conceived while he was still a Roman Catholic bishop.
Freedom of the press has deteriorated in the Americas, with Mexico among the most dangerous countries in the region to be a journalist, the Inter American Press Association said Monday.
Activists in Paraguay are showing a little skin for world peace.
As the U.S. celebrates Presidents Day on Monday, citizens of this small South American country wonder why anyone would overlook Rutherford B. Hayes.
Paraguay plans to fight off the world economic crisis with public spending.
Paraguayan farmers drove 15,000 tractors onto rural highways on Tuesday to demand the government protect them from militant laborers seeking land.
Officials say a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the Paraguayan capital, killing all five people on board.
Paraguay's new President Fernando Lugo visited Brazil Wednesday with one goal: launching talks to earn his poor country more money from a dam on the nations' shared border, the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
'Dead' Baby Wakes Up Before FuneralA Paraguayan baby declared dead by doctors on Friday after being born prematurely was found alive by his family after he was taken home for the wake, the family says.
I need some help. Since months my mother is telling me that she would like to emigrate to Paraguay. I have been all over the Internet to get as much information as possible. Her reasons to go to Paraguay are as follows:
Paraguay's Bishop turned President possible father of three.Newspapers and TV programmes have been dominated by stories of women coming forward to claim they had a child with the former Catholic bishop.
It's breasts, not bombs, at Paraguay nuke protestActivists in Paraguay are showing a little skin for world peace. Images About 100 women disrobed Friday in a square in downtown Asuncion to protest nuclear weapons.
Mexico, Paraguay top pot producers, U.N. report saysMexico and Paraguay are the top two marijuana-producing countries in the world, a U.N. report says.
Americans may soon be sweet on steviaExcerpt: There is a new sweetener on the horizon that may soon get FDA approval for use as an ingredient in food and beverage products here in the United States. Stevia is a shrub-like plant native to South America and part of the chrysanthemum family.
Paraguay in a spin about Bush's alleged 100,000 acre hideaway |The rumours, as yet unconfirmed but which began with the state-run Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, have triggered an outpouring of conspiracy theories, with speculation rife about what President Bush's supposed interest in the "chaco", a semi-arid lowland in the Paraguay's north …
Paraguay's president donates his entire salary to the poor The socialist wind currently blowing through South America reached Paraguay this year with the election of leftist Chavez-ally Fernando Lugo. On his first day, the ex-bishop announced that he would be renouncing his entire salary and donating it to the poor.
Paraguay leader replaces militaryThe new Paraguayan President, Fernando Lugo, has replaced the commanders of the army, navy, and air force. The dismissals follow the removal earlier this week of the head of the national police by Mr Lugo - a centre-left former Roman Catholic bishop.
Paraguay: President Fernando Lugo gives cabinet role to former slave Margarita MbywangiA Paraguayan tribal woman who says she was captured in the jungle and sold into forced labour as a child has become a member of the the country's cabinet, vowing to improve the lives of South America's indigenous population.
Hugo Chavez basks in Paraguay President Fernando Lugo's gloryOn his first full day in office, President Fernando Lugo traveled Saturday to this agricultural zone where he first won acclaim as a Roman Catholic bishop defending the landless poor against large landowners.
August 17 --News and History''Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, thereby surpassing Mark Spitz's record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics.
Landless poor protest for parcels in Paraguay Just outside the rickety wire fence that guards the rich, red soil of this vast hacienda, dozens of peasants have camped for weeks under a patchwork of thatched shelters and tarpaulin-covered tents.
Man throws away winning $65 million lottery ticketHere's a guy who figured out how to be both the luckiest and unluckiest man on the face of the earth at the same time.
Herr Bush's Paraguayan Liquid GoldThe current internet chatter distracting our brave and freedom loving American citizens from action to return our stolen Constitutional rights is the fact that Herr Bush has currently purchased 99,000 acres in Paraguay.
The Pope's Holy War Against Liberation TheologyThe recent election of former Bishop Fernando Lugo as President of Paraguay poses a sticky dilemma for the Vatican and underscores the hostile political environment facing incoming Pope Benedict XVI in South America.
The Bush Family's Bad Latin Real Estate InvestmentGiven that President Bush, once he leaves office on January 20, 2009, will no longer have the diplomatic immunity conferred upon heads of state, or the Constitutional protection against indictment by domestic prosecutors, it makes sense that he would be looking for a safe haven f …
Iran throws a counter lasso against the U.S.[Excerpt] - Ahmadinejad hopes that, led by Lugo, Paraguay would add another link to what he calls "the counter lasso", the chain of anti-American regimes he is supporting with the help of his "brother" Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President.
Paraguayans Hail New Opposition PresidentParaguayans are celebrating the Sunday win of presidential opposition candidate and progressive former bishop Fernando Lugo.
Paraguay joins the Latin America trend of democratic transition60 years of hegemony ends as Paraguayan voters choose popular Fernando Lugo, former bishop, who has pledged to crack down on corruption and channel Paraguay's wealth into social programs.
'Bishop of the poor' takes power in Paraguay A former bishop has ended Paraguay's 61 years of one-party rule, beating the reigning party's candidate to win the country's presidential election.
Decency wins in Paraguay!Despite attempts to rig the vote in deeply corrupt Paraguay, the South American country has a new government after 60 long and often brutal years
Opposition Party Wins in ParaguayEx-Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo wins presidency in Paraguay. Fernando Lugo, winning against all odds, has ended six decades of rule by the Colorado Party.
Neil Bush, the Rev. Moon, Paraguay and the U.S. Dept. of EducationPresident's brother flaks for Moon organization in Latin America while his curriculum on wheels is being investigated by the Education Department's inspector general Over the past several years, Neil Bush, the younger brother of President George W.
'Most Racist Article' Award An article comparing Paraguayan Indians to cancer and describing them as 'Neolithic', 'out-of-date' and 'filthy' is named as the most racist article in the mainstream media published in the last year.
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