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"The Bishop of the Poor": Paraguay's New President Fernando Lugo Ends 62 Years of Conservative Rule
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 :A former priest known as the “Bishop of the Poor,” Fernando Lugo is the first Paraguayan president since 1946 not to be from the conservative Colorado Party. He has pledged to give land to the landless and fight corruption. We speak to Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American History at NYU.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 :A former priest known as the “Bishop of the Poor,” Fernando Lugo is the first Paraguayan president since 1946 not to be from the conservative Colorado Party. He has pledged to give land to the landless and fight corruption. We speak to Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American History at NYU.
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