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30.04.2008 The indigenous Ayoreo peoples of Bolivia and Paraguay are increasingly forced out of the wilderness by ecological destruction only to confront a new brand of isolation from their ancestral way of life.
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From: Cultural Survival, Inc.
Related topics/regions: [Bolivia]
President Lugo.
22.04.2008 WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22 (OneWorld) - Paraguayans are celebrating the Sunday win of presidential opposition candidate and progressive former bishop Fernando Lugo.
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From: OneWorld US
Image: President Lugo. © Fernando Lugo APC
22.04.2008 Paraguayn uudeksi presidentiksi valittu entinen piispa Fernando Lugo lupaa maalleen uusia asuntoja, peruspalveluja ja katulasten auttamista.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Politics]
Margarita Mbyvângi
18.04.2008 ASUNCION, Apr 17 (IPS) - An indigenous woman has an excellent chance of winning a seat in Congress for the first time in the history of Paraguay, in Sunday's general elections.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Governance] [Democracy] [Politics] [Indigenous rights]
Image: Margarita Mbyvângi © Movimiento Popular Tekojoja
Blanca Ovelar pyrkii Paraguayn johtoon.
16.04.2008 Paraguayn presidentinvaaleissa 20. huhtikuuta on ensi kertaa mukana naisehdokas. Blanca Ovelar edustaa maata 61 vuotta johtanutta oikeistolaista Colorado-puoluetta, mutta saattaa hävitä opposition ehdokkaana olevalle entiselle piispalle.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Democracy] [Gender]
Image: Blanca Ovelar pyrkii Paraguayn johtoon. © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much?
10.04.2008 ASUNCION, Apr 10 (IPS) - For the first time in Paraguayan history, a woman is running for president in the elections on Apr. 20, as the candidate of the Colorado Party, which has governed this country continuously for 61 years.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Democracy] [Politics] [Gender]
Image: Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much? © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
Stamp It Out campaign
20.03.2008 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. The award marks UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March.
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From: Survival International Italia
Image: Stamp It Out campaign
Survivalin Stamp it Out -kampanja.
20.03.2008 Nimittelyä likaiseksi, vanhanaikaiseksi ja sivilisoitumattomaksi – tällaisia ilmauksia sisältää kansainvälisen Survival-järjestön valitsema vuoden rasistisin artikkeli. Juttu käsittelee Paraguayn intiaaneja, ja se julkaistiin viime syksynä paikallisessa La Nación -lehdessä. Maaliskuun 21. päivänä vietetään kansainvälistä rasismin vastaista päivää.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [Indigenous rights] [Media]
Image: Survivalin Stamp it Out -kampanja.
Paraguayan flag.
25.02.2008 After 61 years in power, Paraguay's conservative, U.S.-backed government "still permeates every inch of Paraguayan society" -- but the status quo may change as a new right-wing faction emerges within the party ahead of the April elections.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related topics/regions: [United States]
Image: Paraguayan flag.
11.02.2008 Paraguayn huhtikuisten presidentinvaalien ennakkosuosikki on entinen katolisen kirkon piispa Fernando Lugo. Hän haluaa palauttaa rikollisuuden tahraaman maansa laillisten valtioiden joukkoon.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Development] [Democracy]
Ciudad del Este in the center of the Tri-Border Area.
25.10.2007 A zone on the frontiers of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay has been portrayed by the U.S. media and government as a "hotbed" "teeming with Islamic extremists and their sympathizers," but a group of reporters found these claims inaccurate as they traveled into the region.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Argentina]
Image: Ciudad del Este in the center of the Tri-Border Area.
26.05.2007 ASUNCION, May 25 (IPS) - Esperanza Santos Aranda, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the Paraguayan capital, used to sell vegetables at a precarious market stall. But thanks to a 60-dollar loan, she was able to open up her own small clothes-selling business.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [South America] [Development] [Capacity building] [Microcredit]
Una facenda in Paraguay
15.01.2007 La Federación Nacional Campesina (FNC) del Paraguay ha consegnato al governo una nota esigendo la consegna immediata di 100mila ettari di terre per fine di riforma agraria. “Se quest’anno il governo non implementa una politica di attenzione a questa richiesta, i Sem terra inizieranno una campagna di occupazioni e proteste più dura” - dichiara una nota del FNC. Intanto con l'appoggio dei contadini e degli indigeni e nonostante la severa "ammonizione canonica" il vescovo emerito di San Pedro, mons. Fernando Lugo Méndez , ha annunciato che accetterà la candidatura alle elezioni presidenziali del 2008, che gli è stata offerta da una coalizione di partiti che si oppongono al presidente in carica, Nicanor Duarte, candidato per un secondo mandato.
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Related topics/regions: [Land] [Politics]
Image: Una facenda in Paraguay
18.12.2006 El abogado Orlando Castillo, del Servicio de Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ), de Paraguay, informó que las pastillas están siendo consideradas "mágicas" porque sirven para el dolor de cabeza, de huesos, para el corazón y para las embarazadas.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Health] [Human rights] [Arms & military]
13.10.2006 Para la satisfacción de los movimientos sociales y de los países vecinos, a partir de 2007, Paraguay no dará más la inmunidad diplomática a los soldados estadounidenses que tiene vigencia actualmente.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Politics] [Arms & military]
Kolumbia
07.08.2006 Yhteiskunnallisten liikkeiden nousu on huolestuttanut Pentagonin, kirjoittaa Argentiinalainen La Jornada -julkaisu. Vallalla oleva militarisointipolitiikka on aiheuttanut luonnonvarojen pysymisen halutuissa käsissä, sekä estämänyt kansannousut valtaapitäviä vastaan. Molempien seikkojen katsotaan palvelevan USA:n etuja Kolumbiassa ja Paraguaissa
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From: Unimondo
Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Governance]
Image: Kolumbia
04.08.2006 The Pentagon seems to have understood the risks posed to the continuity of United States dominance by social movements in Latin America. The option of militarizing societies serves two aims : it guarantees control of natural resources and protects governments so as to block social movements' progress.
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Related topics/regions: [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict]
24.07.2006 Paraguay está siguiendo los pasos de militarización de Colombia, aunque no existe una guerra en su territorio. El país se ha convertido en una pieza clave en los planes de control y dominación de América Latina por parte de los Estados Unidos, y vive además un proceso de militarización interna
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [War & peace] [Arms & military]
21.07.2006 La Secretaría Operativa de la CLOC CONO SUR informa a todas las organizaciones de la CLOC - VIA CAMPESINA, a la opinión publica nacional e internacional y al mismo tiempo condena y repudia otra sangrienta represión ocurrida esta mañana (19 de julio) a partir de las 10:30
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From: La Minga Informativa
Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Governance]
17.07.2006 Marines estadounidenses y paramilitares son acusados de desapariciones y muertes en la región del Chaco paraguayo. Organizaciones, dirigentes sociales y campesinos paraguayos denuncian que ya son 30 estos casos de violaciones de los derechos humanos, en menos de un mes.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Indigenous rights] [Conflict]
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