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.
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