Paraguay in crisis

International The new leader, without support of Latin American countries Paraguay in crisis By: Carlos Damián April 28, 2012 Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador and Argentina retire ambassador México. - The new president from Paraguay, Federico Franco (FF), it admitted last Saturday (6/23/12) their concern for the back lack of the international community to his government, after the quick destitution (6/22/12) of his predecessor, Fernando Lugo (FL), that which has derived in accusations that took place “parliamentary coup d’état". FF asked South America to understand the political situation of its country, and it assured that the right state has full validity and that he hopes sanctions are not applied against the nation. "Here, in Paraguay there was not it breaks institutional neither coup d’état, but a change of adjusted control to the Constitution and the laws", it emphasized. “Cuba condemned the parliamentary coup d’état vigorously". Also, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela, members of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), they alerted on it breaks of the institutionalism Paraguay and after the destitution FL for the Congress, in a polemic political trial for “wrong acting". Countries like Cuba. Honduras, Peru, Dominican Republic. El Salvador and Nicaragua neither recognize to the new authorities. Havana expressed that “the State’s blow against FL sinks to the long list of attacks against the self-determination of the Latin American towns, always carried out by the oligarchies with the responsibility, the complicity, and the tolerance of the government from The States." They attempt authorities to occupy public television The new leader admitted that “those most affected ones will be the Brazilian managers. There are many investments of Brazilian citizens", although it guaranteed the security and goods of the Brazilians in that country. Brazil and Argentina are two important countries in the commercial relationships. But Brazil contrary to Argentina, doesn't plan to close its diplomatic headquarters, which “will continue usually working, because Brazil recognizes states, non governments", according to chancellor Antonio Patriota. The bonds are strategic; Paraguay is the fourth producing of soya, due to the gigantic prey in common of Itaipu, and a great commercial flow. Also, about 100 thousand Brazilian they live and they work in Paraguay, where they possess country properties and big trade. The president from Argentina, considered government's change as a coup d’état that happened in Asuncion. FL was a president 'pro tempore' of the Unasur and the blow against him are, therefore, a new blow of the Paraguayan right against the South American integration, after the negative of the Congress of accepting Venezuela in the Mercosur and of the resistance to integrate Bancosur. The chancellors of the Unasur that traveled to Asuncion to discourage to the blowers, could not impede the dictatorship this not well disguised cup d’état, as the OAS it could not impede the dictatorship of Micheletti in Honduras when the parliament of that country destituted the constitutional president Manuel Zelaya illegally three years ago, also in July (a strange coincidence). Antecedents of the conflict In the Senate four legislators only defended FL, but the former bishop's support is in the interior where the peasants are in the one that one hopes the resistance is more difficult and longer, since in the capital there is only the support of officials and red ones. Paraguay is the key to control the Guarani aquifer, the reservation of bigger water of the world that embraces its territory and part of Brazil, the Argentinean and the Uruguayan. Also in Paraguay it is the American military base in Estigarribia that controls the area of the Triple Opposite Argentinean-Brazilian-Paraguayan. In the Argentinean county of the Chaco, next to Paraguay, The States wanted to install another smaller base, with governor Jorge Capitenich's support, a cute type that he says that the truck drivers in strike are unpatriotic. However the popular protest impeded the installation of the American small base in the county of the Chaco. A Paraguayan government that has bonds with the Unasur and influenced by the Brazilian-Argentinean axis, and that it is contrary to the interests of The States. With these antecedents it is clear that the coup d’état was generated and discussed with these key characters to overthrow Fernando Lugo. In the same way, two associations rural Paraguayans opted to support the new government “to give him an opportunity” in contrast with political sectors of left that they ignore the government of FF and they announced the constitution of a national front for the defense of the democracy. Most of the South American nations that belong to the Unasur made it know that they will be coordinated before possible sanctions against Paraguay. To the regional questions for the expedite process that finished with the presidency of FL other Latin American countries were added whose governments made points out about the lack of an appropriate space so that the former leader defended and the institutional setback that implied for the country his destitution. The Mexican government recognized on Saturday the legality of the political trial, but it said that “the procedure didn't grant the former president FL the spaces and times for the due defense, as the decision that led to the removal of its position". (La Jornada, mundo, p.p. 31-32, June 25, 2012).