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Chavez Suggest US Gave World Leaders Cancer

Rob Quinn — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:51:00 CST

Argentina's Cristina Fernandez has become the latest Latin American leader to be diagnosed with cancer , prompting Hugo Chavez to wonder if the US is to blame. "Would it be strange if they had developed a technology to induce cancer, and for no one to know it?" pondered the Venezuelan leader,...

Third Woman: Paraguay Prez Fathered My Kid

Matt Cantor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:14:18 CDT

The paternity scandal surrounding Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, has reached new heights: A third woman says he fathered her child, McClatchy reports. Fernando Lugo recently acknowledged paternity of a 2-year-old; soon after, another woman said he was her 6-year-old’s dad. She filed an official paternity claim yesterday, the same...

Paraguay's Bishop-Turned- Prez Admits Fathering Child

Kevin Spak — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:02:36 CDT

The president of Paraguay admitted today to fathering a child with a 26-year-old woman while he was still a Roman Catholic bishop, the Daily Telegraph reports. Fernando Lugo, 57, left the church to pursue political office in December 2006; a son was born five months later, according to the paternity...

Ex-Bishop Wins Paraguay's Presidency in Historic Vote

Matt Cantor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:00:00 CDT

Opposition leader Fernando Lugo won Paraguay’s presidential election yesterday, ending 61 years of one-party rule, Reuters reports. With nearly all votes counted, the former bishop beat Paraguay’s first female presidential contender by 41% of the vote to 10%. “We've made history,” the center-leftist Lugo told a packed square as he...