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	Gonzalez Macchi, primer ex presidente que va a la cárcel \| terra
		Asunción, 4 dic (EFE)- Luis González Macchi se convirtió en el primer ex jefe de Estado de Paraguay que va a la cárcel desde la caída de la dictadura en 1989, tras ser condenado hoy a ocho años de prisión por enriquecimiento ilícito y declaración falsa de bienes.
		González Macchi, de 58 años, fue condenado a ocho años de cárcel por enriquecimiento ilícito y declaración falsa de bienes por un tribunal formado por los jueces Gloria Hermosa, Blanca Goroztiaga y Silvio Reyes, en un juicio que comenzó el pasado 9 de noviembre.
		González Macchi llegó a la jefatura del Estado des la presidencia del Congreso tras la grave crisis ocurrida en el país en marzo de 1999 como consecuencia del asesinato del vicepresidente Luis María Argaña y la posterior renuncia del entonces mandatario Raúl Cubas.
	www.terra.com /noticias/articulo/html/act669508.htm (840 words)

	Luis Ángel González - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luis Ángel González Macchi (born December 13, 1947) is a Paraguayan politician.
		As the president of Paraguay's legislature, González succeeded to the office of president on March 29, 1999 following the assassination six days earlier of the vice-president, Luis María Argaña, and the subsequent resignation of President Raúl Cubas Grau among accusations that the assassination was linked to Cubas's political party.
		As president, González attempted to create a coalition government to spur cooperation within Paraguay and repair the economy which had been damaged by the political crisis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luis_Gonzalez_Macchi (206 words)

	Paraguay (05/07)
		The President of the Senate, Luis Gonzalez Macchi, assumed the presidency and completed Cubas’ term.
		Gonzalez Macchi offered cabinet positions in his government to senior representatives of all three political parties in an attempt to create a coalition government that proved short-lived.
		Gonzalez Macchi’s government suffered many allegations of corruption, and Gonzalez himself was found not guilty in a Senate impeachment trial involving corruption and mismanagement charges in February 2003.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1841.htm (3264 words)

	Luis Ángel Gonzalez Macchi - Wikipedia
		Luis Ángel Gonzalez Macchi (nacido el 13 de diciembre 1947) es un político paraguayo.
		Gonzalez se volvió como nunca mas impopular porque la economía decayó más y encontró a la legislación muy difícil por que pocos legisladores votarían en los proyectos de ley que Gonzalez impulsó.
		Gonzalez fue capaz de mantener su gobierno hasta las elecciones del 2003, en las cuales Nicanor Duarte Frutos ganó.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luis_Angel_Gonzalez_Macchi (231 words)

	americas.org - President Avoids Impeachment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		President Luis Gonzalez Macchi survived an impeachment trial February 11 as the Senate failed to muster enough votes to remove him from power on corruption charges.
		Gonzalez Macchi was accused by colleagues from within his own Colorado Party of fraud, mishandling $16 million in state funds, accepting bribes to privatize state telecommunications, torture of leftist militants, and illegally buying a stolen luxury car.
		Gonzalez Macchi assumed office in March 1999 after former President Raul Cubas, suspected of having his Vice President assassinated, was impeached for abuse of power.
	www.americas.org /item_13055 (243 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Paraguay leader dismisses fresh crisis
		Fifty out of the 61 members of parliament voted in favour of impeachment, but Mr Gonzalez Macchi says he will stay in his post and expects the proposal to be defeated in the senate.
		It is the latest blow for Mr Gonzalez Macchi, who in recent months has faced cabinet resignations and street protests over his handling of the economy.
		Luis Gonzalez Macchi was appointed in 1999, when the then President, Raul Cubas, stepped down amid violent protests which followed the assassination of the vice-president.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/americas/2547189.stm (409 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		INTRO: Paraguay's President Luis Gonzalez Macchi has lifted a state of emergency that was imposed Monday to end protests against his government.
		A five-day state of emergency was declared shortly after the protests broke out Monday, but President Gonzalez Macchi has decided to lift it early, once security forces were able to clear roadblocks that had been placed by protesters on roads leading to Argentina and Brazil.
		Gonzalez Macchi accused Opposition Vice-President Julio Cesar Franco and exiled former military commander Lino Oviedo of being behind the unrest.
	www.help-for-you.com /news/Jul2002/scripts/391ecc37.html (319 words)

	Biografías de Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Luis Ángel González Macchi (Paraguay) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Macchi, pese a haber expresado su fidelidad a Stroessner aun después del derrocamiento del dictador, pasaba por un dirigente moderado, escorado al centro y sobrio en sus manifestaciones públicas
		Macchi hubo de declarar el estado de excepción por un mes, período en el cual quedaron suspendidas varias garantías constitucionales, y logró reconducir la situación rápidamente gracias al apoyo del grueso del Ejército y de toda la comunidad internacional.
		Apurado por la perspectiva de un despido ignominioso, Macchi propuso a los legisladores renunciar al puesto inmediatamente después de las elecciones generales del 27 de abril de 2003, acortando en cerca de cuatro meses su mandato, pero la oferta cayó en saco roto.
	www.cidob.org /bios/castellano/lideres/g-006.htm (1965 words)

	Gonzalez Macchi goberno Paraguay sin ser electo, pero le costó la cárcel \| terra
		Tras la lectura de la sentencia, Macchi fue inmediatamente transportado a la sede del Batallón Escolta Presidencial si bien, en principio, debía ir a parar al penal capitalino de Tacumbú.
		La muerte de Argaña derivó en manifestaciones que finalizaron con la muerte de siete opositores a Cubas en la plaza del Congreso a manos de francotiradores desconocidos que los del gobierno emergente atribuyeron a los partidarios de Cubas y de su padrino político Lino Oviedo, hoy preso en una cárcel militar.
		La defensa de González Macchi intentó justificar que el patrimonio que posee actualmente ya lo tenía antes de asumir la presidencia y que la cuenta del millón de dólares pertenece a su familia.
	www.terra.com /noticias/articulo/html/act669425.htm (783 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro was a prominent politician in Paraguay and influential member of the Colorado Party until his assassination on March 23, 1999.
		González Macchi offered cabinet positions in his government to senior representatives of all three political parties in an attempt to create a coalition government.
		While the Liberal Party pulled out of the government in February 2000, the Gonzalez Macchi government has achieved a consensus among the parties on many controversial issues, including economic reform.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Paraguay (2332 words)

	Hispanic American Center for Economic Research - Paraguay's President Rejects Calls to Step Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		President Luis Gonzalez Macchi lifted a state of emergency earlier than expected after police broke up riots across the South American nation of 5 million people, but warned any repeat of such violence would not force him to resign.
		But political observers warned further violence was likely to try and turn up the heat on Gonzalez Macchi, who took office in 1999 after an elected president abruptly fled the country amid accusations he had arranged the assassination of his vice president and political enemy.
		Gonzalez Macchi repeated accusations that former Gen. Lino Oviedo, who allegedly masterminded several failed coups over the last decade and lives in exile in Brazil, had instigated the worst riots in three years.
	www.hacer.org /current/par_pres.php (600 words)

	Timeline: Paraguay
		Luis Gonzalez Macchi appointed caretaker president, forms government of national unity.
		Mr Gonzalez Macchi survives a vote to remove him from office.
		Predecessor Luis Gonzalez Macchi barred from leaving country and put on trial on corruption charges.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/42/196.html (427 words)

	050503famericas
		Duarte succeeds Luis Gonzalez Macchi for a five-year term beginning Aug. 15, but the incumbent — dogged by critics over his failure to revive the economy — has hinted he might leave office early to allow a new government take over.
		Gonzalez Macchi was appointed by the Senate four years ago after Raul Cubas resigned.
		Gonzalez Macchi himself barely survived an impeachment attempt last February by a Congress that accused him of corruption — charges he denied.
	www.hispanicvista.com /html3/050503fa.htm (548 words)

	State of emergency in Paraguay amid deadly riots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The state of emergency -- the first declared by Gonzalez Macchi since a failed coup attempt led by Oviedo's regiment in May 2000 -- allows the government to ban demonstrations and gives permission to the armed forces to quell protests.
		Gonzalez Macchi's government blamed the protests on followers of Lino Oviedo, a former cavalry general living in asylum in Brazil who is suspected of three coup attempts since 1996.
		Former Senate head Gonzalez Macchi was appointed president in 1999 when then-President Raul Cubas -- an Oviedo loyalist -- resigned amid violent protests after his vice president, Luis Argana, an avowed Oviedo rival, was slain in Asuncion.
	www.namibian.com.na /2002/july/world/0271BF86A7.html (663 words)

	Luis González Macchi: 1947—: Paraguayan Leader Biography
		González Macchi's father Saul González was a justice and labor minister under the umbrella of Stroessner's Colorado Party, for many years the only road to advancement in Paraguayan civil society and still the country's ruling party.
		Luis González Macchi, born on December 13, 1947, was a tall youth who initially seemed destined for a career as a professional basketball player.
		In the Chamber of Deputies, González Macchi was appointed to various committees and served as the body's vice-president in 1993 and 1994.
	biography.jrank.org /pages/3105/Gonz-lez-Macchi-Luis-1947-Paraguayan-Leader.html (1199 words)

	Paraguayan President Survives Impeachment (phillyBurbs.com) \| Latin America and Caribbean
		The proceedings were the latest blow to Gonzalez Macchi, who has faced large-scale street protests and cabinet resignations while struggling to stem an escalating economic crisis in one of South American's poorest countries.
		In the packed special session, Sen. Luis Guanes Gondra of the opposition Authentic Liberal Radical party charged the government was marred with irregularities, calling it "hardly effective" and urging his colleagues to vote Gonzalez Macchi out.
		Gonzalez Macchi is to hand over power to his successor on Aug. 15.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/88-02112003-41699.html (604 words)

	CNN.com - Paraguayan senators deliberate impeachment - Feb. 10, 2003
		Should Gonzalez Macchi be stripped of office, the Senate leader, Galaverna, would become president until presidential elections scheduled for April 27 are held.
		Gonzalez Macchi has repeatedly denied accusations that he misused $16 million in state funds.
		A former Senate leader, Gonzalez Macchi assumed office in March 1999 after his predecessor, Raul Cubas, was driven from power by street protests and a similar impeachment attempt.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/02/10/paraguay.politics.ap (241 words)

	World View: Democracy failing in Paraguay
		Two months earlier, President Luis Gonzalez Macchi called a state of emergency as demonstrators clashed with police in protests that left two dead and dozens injured.
		Gonzalez Macchi's reputation has been stained by numerous scandals, including the revelation that he was using a stolen BMW as the presidential limousine.
		Luis Alberto Meyer, the administration's planning secretary, blames the Colorado Party for blocking economic reforms, such as the privatization, so as not to lose support among the some 200,000 state employees.
	www.post-gazette.com /World/20021007paraguay1007p2.asp (1562 words)

	BBC Mundo \| América Latina \| González Macchi "no podrá salir del país" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		El presidente saliente de Paraguay, Luis González Macchi, deberá permanecer en el país tras entregar el mando a Nicanor Duarte el viernes, debido al decreto de un juez que busca iniciar un juicio en su contra por corrupción.
		González Macchi, sin embargo, podría recibir fueros permanentes si se le nombra senador vitalicio -como corresponde a los ex jefes de Estado.
		Luis Alberto Rojas, quien fue extraditado de Argentina, recibió la pena máxima por su participación en la organización del crimen del entonces vicepresidente paraguayo.
	212.58.226.61 /low/spanish/latin_america/newsid_3152000/3152185.stm (375 words)

	:: EsMas :: González Macchi supera juicio político en Paraguay
		Luis González Macchi, un respiro para su administración.
		La propuesta para destituir a González Macchi sólo consiguió 25 votos, contra 18 en contra y una abstención, sin alcanzar los 30 votos necesarios.
		González Macchi, de 55 años, asumió la presidencia, al quedar como primero en la línes de sucesión tras la renuncia de Raúl Cubas en marzo de 1999, motivada por el escándalo desatado por el asesinato días antes del vicepresidente Luis María Argaña y la muerte de siete manifestantes antigubernamentales.
	www.esmas.com /noticierostelevisa/internacionales/276899.html (379 words)

	Paraguayan economy minister calling it quits amid economic crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Spalding's resignation, which he said would be delivered to President Luis Gonzalez Macchi on Monday, came as IMF officials finished an eight-day auditing mission in the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion.
		Gonzalez Macchi has been working for months to reach a deal with the IMF to secure $200 million in emergency aid to help cover the country's growing budget deficits.
		Presidential and congressional elections are scheduled for April 27, and the candidate from Gonzalez Macchi's Colorado party is widely expected to be the front-runner.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/11/22/financial1533EST0205.DTL (442 words)

	Transformation: Paraguay
		The government of President Luis Angel González Macchi (1999-2003) was marked by political corruption, political stalemate, recurring crisis in the banking sector, an economic recession and a growing fiscal deficit.
		After the resignation of President Cubas in 1999, the head of the Senate, Luis Angel González Macchi, was sworn in as the new president for the remainder of the term until August 2003.
		During the presidency of Luis González Macchi, the transformation and modernization of the Paraguayan economic regime stagnated.
	www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de /97.0.html (13884 words)

	CNN.com - Paraguay president may be impeached - Feb. 11, 2003
		Should Gonzalez Macchi be stripped of office, the Senate leader, Galaverna, would become president until presidential elections scheduled for April 27 are held.
		Gonzalez Macchi has faced large-scale street protests and worker strikes while struggling to stem an escalating economic crisis in one of South American's poorest countries.
		A former Senate leader, Gonzalez Macchi assumed office in March 1999 after his predecessor, Raul Cubas, was driven from power by street protests and a smiliar impeachment attempt.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/02/11/paraguay.politics.ap/index.html (240 words)

	Key Week for the Future of Paraguay - Pravda.Ru
		Gonzalez Macchi is accused of mismanagement on his duties as head of state and illegal possession of a stolen car.
		However, Gonzalez Macchi in an interview to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, said that he is optimistic about the question.
		Macchi assumed office in 1999 after his predecessor, Raul Cubas, was driven from power amid deadly street protests and accusations that Cubas was linked to the assassination of his former vice president.
	english.pravda.ru /world/americas/10-02-2003/1842-paraguay-0 (615 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Paraguay's President Resigns
		Senate President Luis Gonzalez Macchi, the constitutionally designated replacement, was sworn in later this evening as president.
		As Cubas evidently was preparing his statement, armed forces divisions one by one began releasing communiques stating their allegiance to Gonzalez Macchi.
		Earlier this evening, Gonzalez Macchi and more than half a dozen other key legislators went to the U.S. Embassy, where they met for more than 90 minutes with Harty, working out the details of the transition of power.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/daily/march99/paraguay29.htm (545 words)

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