Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, who fathered a child as a priest, says it's "time to rethink celibacy" for Catholic priests. (via The Latin Americanist)

Paraguay and Bolivia have signed a pact that settles a border dispute between the countries that led to the Chaco War of the 1930s. The clash over the oil-rich region left an estimated 100,000 people dead.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo says he will not resign despite admitting he fathered a child while he was a Catholic Bishop. Since his confession, two other women have claimed Lugo fathered children with them.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has admitted he fathered a child while he was still a Roman Catholic bishop.

The leaders of Cuba, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Venezuela have all declared their support for President-elect Barack Obama. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called the election "revolutionary." (via Foreign Policy)

Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, was elected president of Paraguay this past weekend, ending the country's 61-year rule by the right-wing Colorado Party.

Paraguay declares a state of emergency due to an outbreak of dengue fever. Nearly 15,000 people have been diagnosed with the disease.

A man in Paraguay allows himself to be crucified in protest of a former army general's 10-year jail sentence.