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The Priest of Paraguay: Fernando Lugo and the Making of a Nation

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The Priest of Paraguay: Fernando Lugo and the Making of a Nation

$136.77
 

Paraguay had the oldest one-party regime on earth. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country and promised a newer, more egalitarian future, particularly for the country's indigenous people.

In The Priest of Paraguay Hugh O'Shaughnessy tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country, Latin America and the wider world. He traces Lugo's life alongside the turbulent history of Paraguay - from his early years in a family which fell victim to Stroessner to his release by the Vatican in order to follow a political calling to the outcry following revelations of illegitimate children. The book also examines what may lie in store for the newest addition to Latin America's 'pink tide' of socialist and social democratic countries.

This is history of a fascinating but largely unknown country by one of the most respected commentators on Latin America.




Author: Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication Date: Nov 01, 2009
Number of Pages: 160 pages
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10: 184813312X
ISBN-13: 9781848133129
 

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