1,200 people escape blaze that destroys supermarket in Paraguay’s capital, killing 2

1,200 people escape supermarket fire that kills 2

1,500 people escape blaze that destroys supermarket in Paraguay’s capital, killing 2

1,500 people escape supermarket fire that kills 2

Brazil energy minister: Massive blackout caused by bad weather, transformer problems

Brazil official: Blackout caused by bad weather

Lights back on, Brazil government defends itself after blackout raises 2016 Olympic concerns

Brazil’s Silva defends power grid after blackout

Lights back on in Brazil after blackout hits as many as 60M, raising 2016 Olympic concerns

Brazil blackouts hit up to 60M, spur Olympic fears

Lights return in Brazil after blackout that left as many as 60 million without electricity

Lights back in Brazil after outage hits up to 60M

Lights return following blackout that left much of Brazil, Paraguay in dark; questions remain

Lights return following Brazilian blackout

Brazil’s 2 largest cities hit by massive blackouts after huge hydro dam goes offline

Blackouts darken Brazil’s 2 largest cities

Paraguay pres: Military shake-up gives opportunities to young officers dedicated to democracy

Paraguay president explains military shake-up

President Lugo fires Paraguay’s military chiefs, a day after denying worries about coup

President Lugo fires Paraguay’s military chiefs

In Paraguay, secret archive may shed light on dictatorship-era repression in South America

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay’s persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner’s 1954-1989 rule.

Paraguay belatedly fires convicted torturers earning police salaries in prison since 1995

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Three police chiefs imprisoned for torture have finally have been fired after collecting their salaries from behind bars since 1995, Paraguay’s interior minister said Tuesday.

Landless in Paraguay nail themselves to crosses in appeal to leftist Lugo

ASUNCION, Paraguay — It’s a gruesome tradition in Paraguay that gets results, at least from leftist priest-turned president Fernando Lugo. A half-dozen protesters have hammered long nails through their hands and tied themselves to crosses or laid in coffins in an appeal for land.

Paraguay high court upholds prison terms for owners in market blaze that killed 420 in 2004

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Paraguay’s Supreme Court has upheld the original prison sentences given to the owners of a supermarket that caught fire five years ago, killing 420 people.

Paraguay woman in paternity dispute with President Lugo claims he raped her in 2001

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A woman who claims that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is the father of her son on Tuesday accused the former Roman Catholic bishop of raping her in their first sexual encounter.

Clinton leaves Americas conference, says no consensus on Cuba

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said a rancorous Organization of American States conference in Honduras failed to reach a consensus on moves to allow Cuba to rejoin.

Paraguayan president demands dictatorship-era official reveal whereabouts of slain dissidents

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A top official during Paraguay’s former dictatorship who came home last week must reveal where the bodies of dozens of tortured political prisoners are buried, President Fernando Lugo declared Tuesday.

Paraguayan president, ex-bishop, asks for forgiveness in response to paternity claims

ASUNCION, Paraguay — President Fernando Lugo asked for forgiveness Friday for a paternity scandal in which three women claim the former Roman Catholic bishop fathered their children.

Correction: Paraguay-Presidential Paternity story

ASUNCION, Paraguay — In an April 20 story about paternity claims against Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a 6-year-old boy he allegedly fathered. He is named Lucas Fernando, not Fernando Lucas.

In Paraguay, judge approves name change for 2-year-old in presidential paternity claim

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A 2-year-old boy that Paraguayan bishop-turned-President Fernando Lugo fathered with a former parishioner is adopting his dad’s name.

Woman says Paraguayan President Lugo has third child; named after late Pope John Paul II

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A third woman came forward Wednesday claiming Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is the father of her child — this one a 16-month-old boy she named after late Pope John Paul II.

Bishop: Paraguay Church covered up parishioners’ complaints that Lugo fathered their children

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A Roman Catholic bishop alleged Tuesday that Paraguay’s president resigned from his church leadership position in 2004 after at least two women in his parish wrote to a Vatican official that he had fathered their children.