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Paraguay: Universities for Change in the Country

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 @ 21:29 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Paraguay
Topics:: Education
Languages:: Spanish

“The universities should become an important pillar for president-elect Fernando Lugo on his quest to bring about change in the country,” writes Viviana Benítez Yambay of Panambi News [es]. She writes that the new Paraguayan president, as a former professor himself, should recognize the importance of higher education and provide more funding for research.

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