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Latin America

Bacchus4.0

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13. they are sovereign nations and can conduct their foreign policy as they please

Reply to limpyhobbler (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 04:49 PM

Dec 2012

Mercosur, a trade bloc, doesn't decide who the presidents are.

from the same article: After the impeachment was endorsed by the Supreme Court of Paraguay and by the country's electoral court Lugo said on 26 June that "all my legal possibilities ended yesterday ... Legally there is no other way to reverse this situation".[1] The electoral court declared that Lugo had been duly removed from office under Article 225, and that Federico Franco had correctly succeeded as President under Article 234.[16]

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Oil find is a game-changer for Paraguay [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2012 OP

Too is much happening in Paraguay. snot Dec 2012 #1

the supposed Bush purchase has never been confirmed to my knowledge Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #2

Here's an article posted a couple of years ago by Octofish, well before this coup: Judi Lynn Dec 2012 #14

any confirmation of that purchase? any new information? Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #15

Of course there's an airbase in Paraguay: Mariscal Estigarribia. Judi Lynn Dec 2012 #17

yep, that base is a Paraguayan military base and airport that serves the town Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #18

no, we don't naaman fletcher Dec 2012 #19

This is sickening in several different ways. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #3

Is Franco even a legitimate president? limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #4

yes. Lugo was impeached by the congress. The peasant/police massacre was the catalyst Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #5

who decides? limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #6

well, I understand that Lugo was impeached in accordance with their constitution Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #7

Then why are the other Latin American governments questioning the impeachment, calling it a coup? limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #8

they didn't like the results Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #9

They said the impeachment was railroaded through in just two hours, so it was more like a coup. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #10

I don't believe there is a time requirement Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #11

yeah but limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #12

they are sovereign nations and can conduct their foreign policy as they please Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #13

It concerns me, though, that the article notes that: snot Dec 2012 #16

it was very fast no question about it Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #20

To be clearer, snot Dec 2012 #22

Impeachment is not a legal process, though, it's political. joshcryer Dec 2012 #21