Wikileaks
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Author: UK Indymedia
1 Feb 2011
Wikileaks Scandal Hits Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo
From 1954 to 1989, Paraguay was run by Alfredo Stroessner, a right-wing dictator whose regime is also blamed for torture, kidnappings and corruption. Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop, became president of the small land-locked country of 6.3 million people after promising to give land to the landless and end entrenched corruption, defeating the Colorado party which had ruled for six decades.