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Embassy Row: Time for a change

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Farmers at the Yvy Pyta settlement near Curuguaty, Paraguay, create a banner with pictures of landless farmers, some of whom were arrested in clashes with police over land reform, as they get ready last month to march to demand the jailed farmers’ release. Yvy Pyta is a community of wooden shacks surrounded by vast, privately owned industrial agriculture. The area’s poor residents have long claimed that one such operation is on land stolen from the state. (Associated Press)

Hail of bullets ends land-reform hopes in Paraguay

By Pedro Servin - Associated Press

Fernando Lugo, Paraguay's former president, talks to reporters outside his home in Lambare, on the outskirts of Asuncion, on Sunday, two days after Mr. Lugo was impeached and removed from office. He denounced the action as a "parliamentary coup." He exhorted his followers to remain peaceful as they hold protests. (Associated Press)

Ousted Paraguayan leader won’t cede power, sets up alternate government

By Peter Orsi - Associated Press

Protesters demonstrate outside Parliament in the Plaza de Armas in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Thursday against lawmakers' approval to impeach Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo. Paraguay's opposition-controlled Congress voted Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against Mr. Lugo for his role in a deadly clash involving landless farmers and announced that the former Roman Catholic bishop's impeachment trial would begin on Friday in the Senate. The protester's sign reads in Spanish "Lawmakers, we won't let you rob our democracy!" (Associated Press)

Paraguay president faces impeachment trial

By Pedro Servin and Belen Bogado - Associated Press

Paul McCartney turns down president in Paraguay

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo waves before the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay,Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Mercosur is a regional trade block formed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil. The block has Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela as associated states. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

With Paraguay president’s coalition broken, Congress stalls until his term ends

By Pedro Servin and Michael Warren - Associated Press

Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, front, leaves a hospital after a surgery in one of his legs in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has cancer

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press