Another year, another rightwing coup against a pro-poor government in Latin America, this time in Paraguay. The 2009 coup in Honduras that removed President Manuel Zelaya from power may have set back reforms in the country for a generation, and human rights abuses continue to be widely reported.
The same reversal of progress may be the fate awaiting Paraguay if neighbours Brazil and Argentina, along with other countries in the region, fail in their bid to reinstate Fernando Lugo to the presidency. Lugo was impeached last week in a move he calls a "parliamentary coup".
