Paraguay coup regime out in the cold Paraguay is a country in solitude – it cannot count on international recognition since the overthrow of its president, Fernando Lugo Federico Franco, illegitimate president of Paraguay By José Vales, correspondent for El Tiempo (Bogotá, Colombia) BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, SUNDAY JULY 8 2012: With a government in the most absolute solitude, without international recognition and only sustained by the Brasilia's decision to do nothing that would affect Brasilian interests in Paraguay, for Federico Franco the best that can happen is for time to pass. And pass quickly, until the elections on April 15. What seems much easier is for the regime to change itself, gradually but constantly, into a 'station of the cross', without a definite end in sight. For the analysts, the outlook in Paraguay, since the overthrow of Fernando Lugo via a questionable and giddy-headed impeachment, is not for the best. The ...