AfterDowningStreet.org takes a look at what a change in government in Paraguay means for President Bush's alleged plan to beat international war crimes charges after he leaves the White House by retreating to a 100,000 acre in the Latin America haven :
The country, ruled for six decades by the dictatorial and fascist Colorado Party of Gen. Alfredo Stroesser, an almost cartoon charicature of a Latin American dictator, has no extradition treaty with any nation.Go Here For The Full StoryThat's why it has long harbored aging Nazis, bank robbers, and a string of ousted or retired Latin American dictators and their assistants over the years.
...trouble is, Paraguay may not be such a safe haven for long.Last month, a former Roman Catholic Bishop with leftist, populist tendencies, Fernando Lugo, surprised almost everyone in Paraguay, and no doubt President Bush, by winning the national presidential election, ousting the Colorado Party for the first time in 61 years. There is talk that among other things, Lugo is thinking of returning Paraguay to the community of nations, by signing some of those extradition agreements.
