by Sean Reilly | Apr 25, 2008
The election of former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo as president of Paraguay is a further sign of a left-wing shift in Latin America, according to observers of the region’s political scene. Lugo, dubbed the “bishop of the poor”, won the...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 21, 2008
A former Catholic bishop who has campaigned vigorously for the poor has won Paraguay’s presidential election to end more than 60 years of monopoly rule by the party that once backed vicious dictator General Alfredo Stroessner. Fernando Lugo Mendez won nearly 41...
