Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by BARROS Carlos Juliano , CAMPOS André , GRIFFIN Jo
Experts believe that action is urgently needed to expose horrifying labour conditions across Paraguay’s Chaco region
“For me, there are two very important anthropological concepts,” says Patrick Friesen, speaking Spanish with a thick accent. He is a descendant of protestant Mennonites who left (...)
, by BLAIR Laurence, CARNERI Santi
Rampant child abuse, a culture that sexualizes young girls and draconian abortion laws have contributed to a child pregnancy rate that is among Latin America’s highest
When she took her 10-year-old daughter to hospital suffering stomach cramps and vomiting, Rosana had little idea of the ordeal (...)
Failure by the Paraguayan authorities to provide a safe abortion to a 10-year-old rape survivor could have devastating consequences on her health and will heap injustice on tragedy, said Amnesty International today. The organization is now calling on the government to intervene to ensure the (...)
, by VIANA Natalia
In the usually tranquil streets of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, there is a growing sense of unease. The death of retired general and presidential candidate Lino Oviedo in February, in a suspicious helicopter crash, has heightened the tension marking an already fraught transition following (...)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Please find below an international statement in solidarity with the political prisoners of the slaughter of Marina Cue on June, 15th in Paraguay, who are on hunger strike and have a very delicate health.
In the letter we are asking the international community to separate the prosecutor as (...)
, by La Via Campesina
Besides the international boycott of Paraguay’s illegitimate administration of former vicepresident Federico Franco, several organizations and social groups are holding solidarity missions in the country, where there is a permanent demand to reinstate Fernando Lugo as its legitimate president. (...)
, by GAUDICHAUD Frank
On 22 June, the Paraguayan Senate removed centre-left President Fernando Lugo, following a procedure of “political judgment of destitution”: a parliamentary manoeuvre that is admittedly provided for by the Constitution, but whose expeditious nature (done within 24 hours!) has been widely (...)
, par MST (Argentina)
The Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores [Socialist Workers’ Movement] of Argentina repudiates the “institutional coup” in Paraguay that through a farce of impeachment has dismissed President Fernando Lugo, who has been replaced by Vice President Franco of the Colorado Party, complicit with (...)
, by La Via Campesina
A conflict between landless peoples and police in Paraguay on June 15th was unleashed by a land ownership reintegration operation where thirty landless people died and hundreds were injured. According to Perla Álvarez, member of the National Coordination of Rural and Indigenous Women (Conamuri), (...)
, by RUIZ DIAZ Natalia
(IPS) - Military troops and extra police are being deployed in northern Paraguay after a state of emergency was declared to crack down on an armed rebel group that calls itself the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP).
As part of Operation Py’a Guapy — “tranquility” in the Guaraní indigenous language — (...)
, by GIMENE Adolfo
August 14, 2009 – Asunción — The anniversary of the first year of Fernando Lugo’s government coincided with a five-day national protest (August 10-15) organised by the United Popular Space (Espacio Unitario Popular, EUP), a coming together of many social organisations and left parties , with the (...)
, by GONZALEZ BOZZOLASCO Ignacio
April 20 marked 12 months since the historic victory of former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo in Paraguay’s presidential election. Almost a year into his government, the Paraguayan political situation is providing many difficulties and obstacles to the carrying out of the changes promised during (...)
, by RICHER Hugo
he defeat of the Colorado Party in the 2008 presidential elections meant much more than a change of government in Paraguay. This defeat meant the fall of the last political party in Latin America that had been formed both politically and ideologically within the framework of the Cold War.
The (...)
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