Paraguay is among the poorest nations in South America and during the past 61 years the country has been ruled by wealthy landowners and the urban elite. The election of Fernando Lugo hopefully marks a birth of a new era in which poor people finally have someone in authority who represents their interests. The new president returned to the province where he worked for 11 years as a bishop and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating poverty and ending corruption. “This is where I learned to love the peasant, the indigenous people, and to admire the efforts to excel despite adverse conditions. He was accompanied by President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela who promised to send Paraguay over 400,000 barrels of oil to deal with fuel shortages. The wealthy and powerful of Paraguay will not readily surrender power, and Lugo’s...
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