Eladio Loizaga
Eladio Loizaga | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 15 August 2013 – 15 August 2018 | |
President | Horacio Cartes |
Preceded by | José Félix Fernández Estigarribia |
Succeeded by | Luis Castiglioni |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 March 1949 |
Nationality | Paraguayan |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Franco de Loizaga |
Alma mater | Universidad Nacional de Asunción |
Eladio Loizaga Caballero (born 17 March 1949) is a Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat.
Biography[]
Loizaga studied law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, where he graduated in 1973; he devoted himself to the areas of International Law, Civil Law, International Trade and Intellectual Property. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he was one of the local promoters of the World Anti Communist League.[1] In 1989-1992 he served as Cabinet Head of Staff for Gral. Andrés Rodríguez Pedotti. He also served as legislator and Paraguayan Representative to the United Nations and WTO.
On 15 August 2013 he was sworn in as Foreign Minister of Paraguay in the cabinet of President Horacio Cartes.[2][3]
Loizaga is one of several prominent beneficiaries of ill-gotten lands in Paraguay. These lands were destined for agrarian reform but were illegally handed to loyalists of the Stroessner military dictatorship. He claims ownership of more than 8.000 hectars of land handed to him in this manner despite not possessing the proper papers and title documents.[4] [5][6][7][8][9] He has been accused of being a prominent figure behind Operation Condor, a US backed anticommunist campaign of political suppression and state terror.[10][11][12][13][14]
Honours[]
- 2017: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[15]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Cartes' cabinet". Brecha. 16 August 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Cartes' new ministers sworn in". Informador.com.mx. Retrieved 20 August 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Paraguayan Foreign Ministers". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ (PDF) https://www.baseis.org.py/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Las-tierras-malhabidas-siguen-intactas.pdf – via BASE.org.
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(help) - ^ Carneri, Santi (2021-07-08). "Tierras "mal habidas": el origen de las expulsiones campesinas en Paraguay". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Meves. "Tierras Malhabidas Tomo IV" (PDF). Tierras Malhabidas Tomo IV – via meves.org.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/elsurti/status/1314601681393463299/photo/1". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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- ^ Press, Europa (2016-08-24). "El canciller paraguayo Eladio Loizaga, acusado de participar en el Plan Cóndor". www.notimerica.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Camazón, Alba (2017-07-01). "Las víctimas de la dictadura de Paraguay critican al gobierno español por condecorar a un alto cargo del régimen". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Un documento contradice al canciller sobre el Plan Cóndor". Ultima Hora.
- ^ "Repudian condecoración a Loizaga". Moopio. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "La Nación / Condecoran a Loizaga con Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica, en España".
External links[]
- "CV of Eladio Loizaga". MRE - Paraguay. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013. (in Spanish)
- 1949 births
- Foreign Ministers of Paraguay
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Living people
- Paraguayan people of Basque descent
- Paraguayan diplomats
- Paraguayan lawyers
- Permanent Representatives of Paraguay to the United Nations
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni
- Paraguayan people stubs
- South American law biography stubs
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