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When he was a Roman Catholic bishop, Fernando Lugo taught liberation theology to uplift the poor. Now he is president, he has sent special forces into Paraguay’s northern forests to hunt kidnappers whose leaders include a former student and his former...
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Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on Wednesday ordered the replacement of top military commanders, a day after publicly dismissing rumors circulating the capital about...
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‘A MAN of God and an enemy of the Great Satan”: That’s how Iran’s official media described Fernando Lugo - the Paraguayan ex-priest who just won...
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