Topic: Fernando Lugo

Hospital meeting for presidential cancer patients

The office of Brazil's former president says he has met with Paraguay's chief of state in the hospital where both are being treated for cancer.. ...

Armed leftists rattle nerves, test Paraguay's Lugo

CAPITAN GIMENEZ, Paraguay (Reuters) - No one thought to mention it when they heard whispers and rustling in the bushes near the police station in Capitan Gimenez, assuming it was the hushed voices of lovers in the dark.The two officers on guard ...

Factbox: Venezuela's Chavez latest leader treated for cancer

(Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez's disclosure from Cuba that he has cancer shook the country he has long dominated, but he said he would be home "soon".Chavez, 56, did not detail June 10 surgery in Havana, prompting speculation ...

Paraguay Election 2008

The Paraguay Election 2008 , a general election, was held on April 20, 2008. Early results showed Fernando Lugo in the lead with 41% of the vote, compared to Blanca Ovelar 's 27% and Lino Oviedo 's 21%. Lino Oviedo , a former general ...

Fernando Lugo

He gained the presidency after the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections in Paraguay . Illegitimate Son of Paraguay President Adopts Name Between August 15, 1977, and January 11, 2005, Fernando Lugo was an ordained, Roman Catholic priest. From 1994 until 2005, he was ...

Paraguay hopes to shield tribe from outside world

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's government is in talks to buy privately owned land as it races to protect an isolated tribe from the advance of cattle ranching, which could force the Indians to abandon their forest home.The nomadic Ayoreo Totobiegosode Indians ...

Paraguay president arrives home after hospital stay

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, who has cancer, returned home to resume his duties on Wednesday after undergoing emergency treatment in a Brazilian hospital over the weekend.Lugo, 59, a former Roman Catholic bishop, was rushed to the Sao Paulo ...
Paraguay's president returns home, resumes duties after treatment in Brazil for blood clotParaguayan President Fernando Lugo returned home Wednesday and resumed his office after undergoing treatment in Brazil for a blood clot that doctors say resulted from chemotherapy for cancer.Lugo ...
Opposition urges Paraguay's president to step aside, tend health; aides suspiciousA new health crisis for Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo has many urging him to put his well-being before his presidency — a seemly helpful suggestion the president's aides say is ...
Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo arrived in Brazil for emergency medical treatment Saturday due to a complication from his cancer treatment.Lugo, who suffers from malignant lymphoma, has temporarily transferred power to Paraguayan Vice President Federico Franco.He arrived late Saturday at ...