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The priest of Paraguay : Fernando Lugo and the making of a nation / Hugh O'Shaughnessy and Edgar Venerando Ruiz Díaz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Shaughnessy, Hugh, author.
- Ruiz Díaz, Edgardo Venerando, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lugo Méndez, Fernando, 1951-.
- Lugo Méndez, Fernando.
- Catholic Church--Paraguay--Bishops--Biography.
- Catholic Church.
- Presidents--Paraguay--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Paraguay--Politics and government--20th century.
- Paraguay.
- Paraguay--Politics and government--21st century.
- Paraguay--History--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 143 p. : ill., map.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hugh O'Shaughnessy traces Fernando Lugo's life alongside the turbulent history of Paraguay - from his early years in a family which fell victim to Stroessner to his release by the Vatican to follow a political calling.
- Contents:
- The bishop becomes president
- An island surrounded by land
- Stroessner pounces
- Verbistas and liberacionistas
- The rise of Lugo
- A new Paraguay?
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350223448
- 1350223441
- 9781848137585
- 1848137583
- 9781848133143
- 1848133146
- OCLC:
- 609901360
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