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	Paraguay, country, South America. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Juan Díaz de Solís was the first to come (1516), and Sebastian Cabot followed him (1527) to the Paraguay River, which was thought to offer access to Peru.
		In 1993, Juan Carlos Wasmosy of the governing Colorado party won the presidency, but his power was weakened by a divided legislature, labor strikes, and the demands of farmers for more equitable land distribution.
		Wasmosy was later (2002) convicted of corruption because of his role in a bank scandal during his presidency.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pa/Paraguay.html (1748 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Wasmosy Juan Carlos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Juan Carlos I, born in 1938, king of Spain since 1975.
		Juan Carlos helped return his country to democracy after the long dictatorship of General...
		Onetti, Juan Carlos (1909–1994), Uruguayan novelist whose bleak, realist work features protagonists at odds with their shabby, urban surroundings....
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Wasmosy_Juan_Carlos.html (117 words)

	Menem, Carlos Saúl on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Juan Carlos Wasmosy (Pres., Paraguay), Carlos Saul Menem (Pres., Argentina), and Eduardo Frei (Pres., Chile).
		Carlos Menem dans sa propriété d'Anillaco dans la province de La Rioja L'ex-président argentin Carlos Menem est devenu de.
		Carlos Menem jeudi à Santiago du Chili L'ex-président argentin Carlos Menem a affirmé jeudi que son fils né la veille à Sa.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Menem-C1a.asp (752 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On the morning of Monday, April 22, Wasmosy called General Oviedo to the presidential palace and informed him that he was relieving him of his duties as commander of the Army.
		Although Wasmosy's contradictory signals in dealing with the General might have favored the president, whether intentionally or unintentionally, his military supporters were gambling that Oviedo would be unwilling to buck the trend toward democracy in the region.
		Despite his successful confrontation with Oviedo, Wasmosy is viewed as a weak and ineffective leader by many of his countrymen and the perception of a weak president and weak party leaders contributes to broad disillusionment with the political process.
	www.georgetown.edu /sfs/programs/clas/profs/av/paraguay.htm (4452 words)

	Carlos on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Juan Carlos Ferrero s'encourage après avoir fait le break face à Carlos Moya L'Espagnol Juan Carlos Ferrero, tête de série.
		Juan Carlos Ferrero renvoyant la balle à Albert Portas L'Espagnol Juan Carlos Ferrero (N.2, photo) et le Russe Marat Safin.
		Juan Carlos Ferrero, vainqueur vendredi d'Alberto Martin Les Espagnols Juan Carlos Ferrero, tête de série N.1 (photo), et.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CarlosS1p.asp (768 words)

	President forced into exile--crisis grips Paraguayan regime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wasmosy, who is accused of misappropriating close to $6 billion during his five years in power, a sum equal to 60 percent of Paraguay's annual gross national product, named Oviedo to head the army shortly after assuming the presidency 1993.
		Wasmosy accused his military commander of plotting a coup against him, but then reached an accommodation and dropped the charge, only to revive it after Oviedo resigned from the military and emerged as the front-runner in the campaign to replace him in the 1998 presidential election.
		Wasmosy had the general arrested and tried on the old coup charges, with a military court sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/apr1999/para-a02.shtml (800 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; February 7, 1997
		Wasmosy's confrontations with Oviedo and sectors of the military have continued almost unabated since the president took office in 1994.
		Wasmosy says he is trying to institutionalize the supremacy of civilian authority in Paraguay's struggling democracy.
		Wasmosy's faction is not only opposed by Oviedo, but by party president Luis Maria Argana (see NotiSur, 09/27/96 and 12/06/96).
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h97/notisur.19970207.html (3176 words)

	Juan Carlos Wasmosy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (born 15 December 1938) was the (additional info and facts about President of Paraguay) President of Paraguay from 1993 until 1998.
		Born in (The capital and chief port of Paraguay) Asunción, Wasmosy trained as a (An engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)) civil engineer and became head of the Paraguayan consortium working on the (additional info and facts about Itaipu Dam) Itaipu Dam.
		President (additional info and facts about Andrés Rodríguez) Andrés Rodríguez chose Wasmosy as his successor and he was elected in 1993.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Ju/Juan_Carlos_Wasmosy.htm (258 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Finlay Carlos Juan
		Finlay, Carlos Juan (1833-1915), Cuban doctor and biologist, born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey) and educated at Jefferson Medical College,...
		In 1900 the United States Army doctor, surgeon, and bacteriologist Walter Reed and his colleagues, acting on a suggestion made by the Cuban biologist...
		Juan Carlos I (1938- ), King of Spain (1975- ), who returned the country to democracy after the long dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Finlay_Carlos_Juan.html (92 words)

	SNS Online - News - Civilian president succeeds another, a first for Paraguay democracy 8/15/98
		Cubas succeeded President Juan Carlos Wasmosy, who was barred by law from seeking a second consecutive term.
		Oviedo is now serving a 10-year sentence for refusing Wasmosy's order to resign as commander of the army in 1996.
		Wasmosy said he was proud of his "place in history" as the first elected civilian since Stroessner's fall.
	www.news-star.com /stories/081698/new_civilian.html (398 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Paraguay
		Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar founded Asunción on the Feast Day of the Assumption, August 15, 1537.
		Carlos Antonio López (November 4, 1790-September 10, 1862) was a Paraguayan political figure.
		In May 1993, Colorado Party candidate Juan Carlos Wasmosy was elected as Paraguay's first civilian president in almost 40 years in what international observers deemed fair and free elections.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Paraguay (2306 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Western Hemisphere
		On May 9, 1993, Colorado Party presidential candidate Juan Carlos Wasmosy was elected as Paraguay's first civilian president in almost 40 years in what international observers deemed fair and free elections.
		Wasmosy has worked to consolidate Paraguay's democratic transition, reform the economy and the state, and improve respect for human rights.
		Principal Government Officials President--Juan Carlos WASMOSY Monti Minister of Foreign Affairs--Ruben Dario MELGAREJO Lanzoni Ambassador to the U.S.--Jorge PRIETO Conti Ambassador to the OAS--Carlos Victor MONTANARO Ambassador to the UN--Hugo SAGUIER Paraguay maintains an embassy in the United States at 2400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/wha/paraguay9803.html (2826 words)

	The Militant - June 10, 2002 -- Protest campaign demands regime in Paraguay release political activists
		Juan Arrom and Anuncio Martí were kidnapped by police on January 17 and found 13 days later in a house owned by police subcommissioner Francisco Flores on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital.
		Under the pressure of those street protests, President Juan Carlos Wasmosy was forced to dismiss General Lino Oviedo for conducting illegal political activity.
		Demonstrators shouted, "Wasmosy, Oviedo: send them both to the garbage heap." Oviedo was subsequently arrested and charged with insurrection.
	www.themilitant.com /2002/6623/662311.html (582 words)

	International Peacemaking and Human Rights Programs
		At a high-level conference held May 4-5, 1999, leaders from across the hemisphere, including former Paraguay President Juan Carlos Wasmosy, came to The Carter Center to evaluate specific anti-corruption efforts and seek commitments from other governments to implement similar strategies in their own countries.
		Among the signatories was Paraguay President Juan Carlos Wasmosy.
		Juan Carlos Wasmosy of the ruling Colorado Party was the clear victor in a fairly orderly election, the first time in history that Paraguay experienced a peaceful democratic transfer of power.
	www.cartercenter.org /activities/country58.htm (423 words)

	Paraguayan leader visits K-State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		President Juan Carlos Wasmosy came to the United States to address the United Nations and visit the World Bank and Congress, Charles Reagan, assistant to the president of K-State, said.
		Wasmosy was invited to K-State because of a technical cooperative agreement between the University and Paraguay that began in 1992.
		Wasmosy attended a legislative lunch with Jon Wefald, president of K-State, and watched the first half of the football game between K-State and KU before leaving for Topeka.
	www.kstatecollegian.com:16080 /issues/v100/fa/n050/cam-paraguay-portia.html (380 words)

	Recent Developments - History - Paraguay - South America: capital cubas, market spanish, south america, andres ...
		In April 1996 a confrontation between Wasmosy and General Lino Cesar Oviedo, commander of Paraguay’s army, brought the country to the brink of a coup.
		Wasmosy accused Oviedo of interfering in the political process and of opposing government policies, and he ordered Oviedo to step down from his position.
		However, Wasmosy, who was constitutionally barred from seeking reelection, ordered Oviedo arrested and jailed for his role in the coup attempt.
	www.countriesquest.com /south_america/paraguay/history/recent_developments.htm (462 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Despite bitter opposition from President Wasmosy and other leaders in the ruling party, the rank and file selected him as their candidate for presidential elections last September.
		In July 8th 1998 President Menem of Argentina met with his Paraguayan counterpart, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, on the Parana River to officially inaugurate the hydro-electric project on the common border between the two countries.
		Cubas was sworn in on Saturday to succeed President Juan Carlos Wasmosy for a five-year term.
	www.greatestcities.com /go.bml?journal=cbray5003&itemid=324445&dir=prev (3362 words)

	Ex-army chief of Paraguay turns himself in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He helped Wasmosy become the country's first democratically elected president in half a century in 1993, but then feuded with the ruling faction of the Colorado Party.
		Oviedo said Wasmosy wanted him to close Parliament and oust the judiciary so that he could carry out his own business plans without interference from Parliament.
		Wasmosy counterattacked earlier this week, saying that since the beginning of his term Oviedo "had become a bigger and more open threat to the consolidation of democracy."
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/96/06/15/paraguya.html (353 words)

	Wasmosy, Juan Carlos -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cuban physician Carlos Juan Finlay was born in Puerto Principe, now Camagüey.
		When Francisco Franco died in 1975, Spain once again became a monarchy, with the accession of Juan Carlos I of the House of Bourbon to the throne (see Bourbon, House of; Franco, Francisco).
		Although he continued to be active in the music industry, he did not achieve the same level of fame again until the release in 1999 of his album Supernatural, a collection of world music performed with various...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9115559?tocId=9115559 (762 words)

	Andrés Rodríguez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He also instituted multi-party elections, the first of which he won, representing the Colorado Party.
		Suffering from cancer, he stood down in 1993 and was succeeded by Juan Carlos Wasmosy.
		He died from cancer at the age of 73 in 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andres_Rodriguez (231 words)

	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Then, after preseting himself before Juan de Mena for a hearing, he is decapitated with the arrival of Bruno Mauricio de Zavala, proclaimed Governor of Paraguay by the Vi-King of Peru.
		Wasmosy got to presidency under accusations of electoral fraud and illicit enrichment and during his government several and important denounces of corruption produced and popular mobilizations showed discontent towards his economical and social policy.
		After an agitated pre-electoral process, Wasmosy gave Presidency to Raúl Cubas Grau, who is a close friend of the ex General Lino César Oviedo, in August of 1998.
	www.hypermedia.com.py /cepb/eng/historia.htm (1390 words)

	Paraguay Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On August 15, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Paraguay's first freely elected civilian President, completed his second year of a 5-year term.
		Wasmosy pledged to consolidate the nation's democratic transition which began following the February 1989 overthrow of dictator General Alfredo Stroessner.
		He was found guilty of criminal slander and sentenced to 4 months in prison and a $7,000 fine for accusing President Wasmosy of providing kickbacks to the family of former dictator Alfredo Stroessner during the construction of the Itaipu Dam.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/paraguay.htm (4969 words)

	JANM/INRP-Timeline-Paraguay
		The 6th Pan-American Nikkei Convention is held in Asunción and organized by the Centro Nikkei Paraguayo, an organization founded in 1987 to unite efforts between Nikkei in Paraguay and to promote friendship and cooperation among national and international entities.
		President of Paraguay, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, inaugurates the building and campus of Centro Nikkei Paraguayo in Itaúgua.
		Commemorative ceremony of the 60th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Paraguay, attended by President Juan Carlos Wasmosy.
	www.janm.org /projects/inrp/english/time_paraguay.htm (425 words)

	Freedom in the World 2000 - 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Every poll showed Wasmosy trailing, until three weeks before the election, when Oviedo personally took over the direction of the campaign—in spite of the fact that he was an active military officer—and threatened a coup if the Colorado Party lost.
		The partnership came to a bitter end when Wasmosy moved to reduce the influence of the drug-tainted military in government and it became increasingly obvious that Oviedo and a hardline Colorado Party faction planned to use Wasmosy as a stepping-stone for the general’s own accession to the presidency.
		Wasmosy’s government was shaken by a number of corruption scandals.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2001/countryratings/paraguay.htm (1078 words)

	Paraguay chief breaks vow to name fired general to defense post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) --President Juan Carlos Wasmosy bowed to public and political pressure Thursday and said he would not keep his promise to name a rebellious army general as defense minister.
		Wasmosy's decision to name Oviedo to the Cabinet provoked public and political protests.
		Oviedo, who hopes to succeed Wasmosy in 1998 elections, said he now plans to fulfill a lifelong dream to seek a way "to put an end to poverty, injustice and ignorance."
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/96/04/26/paraguay.html (345 words)

	Coup threat in Paraguay
		Oviedo, a former army general, was one of the principal figures in the military coup that brought down the 35-year-old dictatorship of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner in 1989.
		At a political rally in Asuncion on April 4, Wasmosy declared he would personally lead the "Colorado hordes" in an attack on the Superior Court of Electoral Justice, in retaliation for the panel's alleged prejudice against the ruling party.
		Domingo Laino, the candidate of the opposition Democratic Alliance, called on the population to ignore Wasmosy's "incitement to violence" and expressed his confidence in the "dignity" of the Paraguayan armed forces.
	www.wsws.org /news/1998/apr1998/par-a7.shtml (772 words)

	Fired general says he's new defense leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wasmosy's presidential office said Tuesday that Oviedo would hand over his command today.
		Wasmosy, Paraguay's first democratically elected leader in nearly 50 years, asked Oviedo to resign Monday, accusing him of violating a constitutional ban on military participation in politics.
		Support for the Wasmosy government poured in from foreign governments and international organizations, who warned that a disruption of the country's democratic institutions would isolate Paraguay.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/96/04/24/paraguay.2-0.html (407 words)

	Biografías de Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (Paraguay) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ese día Wasmosy destituyó al general Lino César Oviedo Silva, comandante en jefe del Ejército y director de su campaña presidencial en 1993, que ambicionaba su designación por el partido para las presidenciales de 1998 tras aceptar a regañadientes su marginación en las elecciones primarias de 1992.
		Wasmosy, que había sido acusado por Argaña de hacer política al dictado de Oviedo, se apresuró a apoyar discretamente a su detractor en las primarias del 7 de septiembre de 1997 para cortarle el paso al controvertido general, configurado ahora como la máxima amenaza.
		El 27 de octubre Wasmosy, en una demostración de autoridad, zanjó la disputa ordenando el arresto de Oviedo, que el 9 de marzo de 1998 fue condenado a diez años de prisión al hallársele culpable de sedición en relación con la algarada de 1996.
	www.cidob.org /bios/castellano/lideres/w-012.htm (1088 words)

	President of Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		President Wasmosy to visit KU The president of Paraguay, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, will visit KU Sept. 27.
		On Sunday, Wasmosy will attend mass at St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center and be the guest of honor at a brunch sponsored by the KU Paraguayan students.
		For the long history of service to his country in both the private and public sectors, he was awarded a medal of honor from the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. Wasmosy has a degree in civil engineering and has been a faculty member at the National University of Asuncion.
	www.oread.ku.edu /Oread95/OreadOct20/page5/wasmosy.html (221 words)

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