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

by Hugh O'Shaughnessy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184813312X
• ISBN13: 9781848133129
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"