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Fernando Lugo, new Paraguayan president (Antônio Cruz, ABr)

Fernando Lugo, new Paraguayan president (Antônio Cruz, ABr)

The victory by Fernando Lugo last Sunday in Paraguay´s presidential elections has sent ripples through the energy ministries of Brazil and Argentina, based upon his assertion that the Itaipu and Yacyretá Dam treaties must be re-negotiated to guarantee a fair deal for his country.

Yacyretá

Casa afectada por inundaciones de Yacyretá
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La represa de Yacyretá en el Río Paraná ha estado construyéndose desde el año 1979 por los gobiernos de Argentina y Paraguay.

Yacyretá Dam

Home affected by flooding from Yacyretá
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Yacyretá Dam on the Paraná River has been under construction since 1979. At this writing, a battle rages to increase the height of the reservoir, thus putting 80,000 people in danger of being flooded out. Investigations by the World Bank and Inter–American Development Bank have shown that authorities of the bi–national company EBY are unable to handle the devastating social dislocation that raising the reservoir would cause.