Impeachment of Fernando Lugo
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title:
Impeachment of Fernando Lugo
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Fernando Lugo, elected President of Paraguay in 2008, was impeached and removed from office by the Congress of Paraguay in June 2012. On 21 June the Chamber of Deputies voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and the Senate removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice President Federico Franco, who had broken with Lugo, becoming President. Lugo contends he was denied due process because he did not have enough time to prepare a defense. A number of Latin American governme
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2012 removal of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo by the Congress of Paraguay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Fernando_Lugo
date created:
2012-06-26T18:30:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T15:47:53Z
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