· September, 2007

Stories about Paraguay from September, 2007

Paraguay: Dealings of Petropar

  25 September 2007

From Paraguay, Zoopolitica [ES] writes about the transactions by the petroleum company Petropar and that “in any other serious country, this would be a national scandal, with resignations, accusations and jail.”

Paraguay: 48 Tough Hours

  11 September 2007

Elyacare [ES] writes about 48 tough hours in Paraguay in which a law that would regulate agricultural waste was rejected, a former general involved with a coup was freed and one of the responsible for the fire in an Asuncion supermarket was also freed.

Paraguay: Asuncion Shantytown

  6 September 2007

Charles Lane visits one of Asuncion's shantytowns and finds most of the population makes a living from the landfill. He also posts pictures on his blog The Soybean Wars.