President Fernando Lugo asked for forgiveness Friday for a paternity scandal in which three women claim the former Roman Catholic bishop fathered their children. Reading to reporters from a ...

Associated PressParaguay's President and former Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo gestures during a news conference at the government palace in Asuncion, Monday, April 13, 2009. Lugo admitted Monday ...

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo speaks to the press on June 20, 2012 in Asuncion, Praguay. Prosecutors in Paraguay have charged 54 people for involvement in clashes between police and peasant ...

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Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, ending more than six decades of one-party rule. IE 11 is not supported.

Paraguay had a new president Friday evening after its Senate voted to remove Fernando Lugo, whose political fortunes unraveled after a bloody confrontation between peasants and police. The country ...

Fernando Lugo is a former priest, well versed in liberation theology. He was called the “Bishop of the Poor” and is known for leading anti-government protests and fighting for peasant rights.

Vice-President Federico Franco assumed the presidency in June 2012, when Congress controversially impeached left-wing President Fernando Lugo over his handling of a land eviction that left 17 people ...

ASUNCION, Paraguay – ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been diagnosed with cancer but his prognosis is good, doctors said Saturday. Physicians found non-Hodgkin ...

Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who served as the nation’s president 2008-2012, was in an induced coma after suffering a stroke Aug. 10 while working in Congress.