RIO DE JANEIRO, July 27 (UPI) -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has put his political future on the line by giving impoverished neighbor Paraguay a huge concession over pricing for energy Brazil imports from the jointly operated Itaipu hydroelectric power generation complex on the Brazil-Paraguay border.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 23 (UPI) -- For the third time in two weeks a woman has gone public with claims Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, a former bishop, fathered her child.

UPI Almanac for Monday, April 20, 2009.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 13 (UPI) -- Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, reversed his previous denials and admitted Monday he is the father of a 2-year-old child.

MIAMI, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Venezuela will supply Paraguay "with all the oil it needs," said President Hugo Chavez, who welcomed the election of another leftist leader in Latin America.

ASUNCION , Paraguay, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- New Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo promised during his inaugural address Friday to take on corruption in his homeland.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 20 (UPI) -- Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, claimed victory Sunday in Paraguay's presidential election, ending 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop running for president of Paraguay, says his political coalition has fallen apart and he's trying to forge a new group.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Vatican has criticized a retired bishop in Paraguay for deciding to run for president in 2008, ABC Color newspaper reported Wednesday.