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Election of the day: Paraguay

By djw

In General

On April 30, 2023

Paraguay will elect a president today. It's a bit of those good news/bad news kind of situation. The good news is that the conservative, historically dominant Colorado party, an effective political machine that has held power in Paraguay for 72 of the last 77 years,...

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Treason in Defense of Slavery Statue Problem Solved!

By Erik Loomis

On August 19, 2017

Now this my friends is what you do with statues of horrible people who oppressed and killed others. Here's what Paraguayans did with a statue of dictator Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89)..

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The Post-Legal Abortion Reality

By Erik Loomis

On June 20, 2015

It's somewhat unlikely that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade entirely in the future and certainly highly unlikely in the next few years. But as Scott always points.

Paraguay

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 21, 2013

As we should all have expected, the Paraguayan quasi-coup that forced Fernando Lugo out of office seems to have worked out pretty well for the oligarchs, likely ushering them back into power and making the poor cynical that any political movement could improve their lot.

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The Paraguayan Argo

By Erik Loomis

On February 25, 2013

Very interesting: Which is where Paraguay’s own “Argo” enters into the story. After Jimmy Carter denied Somoza asylum, he headed to Paraguay, where General Alfredo Stroessner’s right-wing military regime governed..

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Paraguay

By Erik Loomis

On January 15, 2013

Colin with a good run-down of recent news about the quasi-coup that forced Fernando Lugo from power in Paraguay last year. It sounds like a combination of gratuitous police violence.

Paraguay

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 23, 2012

Yesterday, the Paraguayan Senate removed democratically-elected leftist president Fernando Lugo from power in what probably isn't technically a coup since the Senate followed the Constitution. But it was little more than a politically motivated move to eliminate a president that spoke for the nation's vast...