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    New Paraguay leaders promise more free milk

    Paraguay exports enough soy, wheat and corn to feed 80 million people, more than 10 times its population, and its rivers provide abundant fresh water. But 14 percent of its children suffer chronic malnutrition, and many others lack of clean drinking water.Public Health Minister Antonio Arbo and Vice President-elect Juan Afara cited these numbers Wednesday in announcing that the incoming government will fight poverty as a top priority.Arbo said a free milk program that now reaches 25,000 poor children will be extended to 70,000 infants.Paraguay's census says 39 percent of the country's 6.2 million people live in poverty. The United Nations says it's the result of an economy in which a tiny elite owns nearly all the land and pays no income taxes....

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    1. Paraguayans vote for president; Colorado favored

      Paraguayans are voting for president, congress and governors in elections they hope will end the country's isolation from regional groups that challenged last year's...

    2. Paraguay's new president starts naming Cabinet, tries to avert diplomatic backlash

      Paraguay's newly sworn-in president set about forming a new government Saturday as he promised to honor foreign commitments, respect private property and reach out t...

    3. After impeachment vote, trial of Paraguay's president opens in Senate

      Paraguay's fragile democracy was being put to the test on Friday as the Senate organized a trial of President Fernando Lugo for his role in a deadly clash involving ...

    4. Paraguay's Lugo denounces ouster as president, asks backers to keep peace, in Paraguay protest

      Fernando Lugo emerged early Sunday to denounce his ouster as Paraguay's president as a "parliamentary coup" and a "foreordained sentence" that was not based on prope...

    5. Paraguay's new president proving effective, despite controversial rise

      Much of the world had written off Federico Franco last month when he ascended to Paraguay's presidency amid doubts about his ability to even stay in power for more t...

    6. Paraguay's president asks Congress for military rule in response to leftist guerrilla attacks

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay's leftist president wants to impose military rule in the northern half of the country to help soldiers put an end to attacks by a ...

    7. Paul McCartney spurns president's offer of a palace tour in Paraguay

      Paul McCartney has turned down the offer for a presidential tour of Paraguay's government palace in the capital of Asuncion.President Fernando Lugo tells reporters h...

    8. Colorados regain control of Paraguay's Congress

      Paraguay's president-elect Horacio Cartes will be able to control Congress when he begins his five-year mandate in August.Official election results released Friday c...

    9. Paraguay jails US-Lebanese man accused in Philadelphia of financing terrorism

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A New York man was arrested in Paraguay and ordered held Wednesday pending extradition to the United States on charges of conspiring to fin...

    10. Paraguay suspends liberties, due process in military offensive against guerrilla kidnap ring

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Lawmakers gave Paraguay's president and army emergency powers resembling martial law Saturday to pursue a guerrilla group known for its kid...

    11. Paraguay's president cancels trip after suspected rebel attack on northern farm kills 4

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay's president canceled his trip to a climate conference after an attack by suspected leftist guerrillas killed a police officer and ...

    12. Paraguay squad suffer robbery at French base

      ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's World Cup squad suffered a robbery at their training base in France , a team spokeswoman said on Tuesday.The theft of a reported $110...

    1. 4-nation Pacific Alliance trade bloc forges ahead

      The presidents of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico meet in the western city of Cali on Thursday in hopes of completing a nascent trade bloc that looks to the Europea...

    2. Paraguay bans smoking in restaurants, bars, malls, other closed spaces where people gather

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayans can no longer legally light up in restaurants, bars and shopping malls.The new measure bans smoking in all closed spaces where ...

    3. In Paraguay , 2 police officers killed in battle with guerrillas

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayan officials say two police officers have been killed in a confrontation with a guerrilla group in the north of the country.Interio...

    4. In Paraguay , senator narrowly survives ambush, compares Brazil border region to Ciudad Juarez

      ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A Paraguayan senator who narrowly survived an ambush by gunmen said his country's remote border with Brazil is coming to resemble Mexico's ...

    5. Ousted President Lugo vowed land reform in Paraguay , but found deck stacked against change

      Along Avenida Republica in downtown Asuncion stands the gleaming facade of the $20 million Legislative Palace, where well-tailored congressional aides on their cellp...

    6. Paraguay's Lugo changes tack, sets up alternative government and looks to upstage at summit

      Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo fought back Sunday against the politicians who engineered his dismissal, setting up an alternative government and pledging ...

    7. Paraguay diplomats ordered to leave Venezuela

      Venezuela's government has decided to expel Paraguay's remaining diplomats from the country, the top envoy at the Paraguayan Embassy said Wednesday.Charge d'affaires...

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