{"identifier":"IC-Paraguay_6312259730112","browse_author":"Philippe Claude (Director), Valeria dos Santos (Director), Quartier Latin Media (ICTV) (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video)), Philippe Claude (Screenplay by) and Valeria dos Santos (Screenplay by)","subscription_list":["bvl_historyculture"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350917736,"description":"On April 20th 2008, carried by a tremendous popular support, Fernando Lugo the \u2018suspended\u2019 bishop, is elected president of the Republic of Paraguay. After sixty years of absolute power, the Colorado party is compelled to accept the political changeover. This very evening, the people who had for so long been oppressed, bursts into joyful revel and pour out into streets and squares for a celebration that looks more like a liberation. Paraguay, this small country squeezed between Bolivia and the two South American giants, Brazil and Argentina, born from interbreeding \u2013 an unique phenomenon on the whole continent \u2013 between a handful of Spanish and Guarani Indians. A region impregnated with idiosyncrasies, but above all a country synonymous of corruption and poverty. A lawless land marked by Alfredo Stroessner\u2019s dictatorship, the longest dictatorship ever experienced in South America. This film will enable us to discover the unique social structure of this country, its painful past and its surprising identity. By listening the newly elected president, his deposed Colorado opponents, the specialists of the Paraguayan history and the people itself, this documentary helps us to understand why the Paraguayans, after so many years of dictatorship and unopposed governing, have entrusted their destiny to a religious figure who believes in democracy, throwing himself into the political arena in order to try to rescue his country from crime, injustice and poverty. Writer: Philippe Claude et Valeria dos Santos Director: Philippe Claude et Valeria dos Santos Language - English","videoId":6312259730112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_historyculture","title":"Paraguay: The Revolution Was in a Ballot Box","xml_source":"bvl_historyculture_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"IC-Paraguay","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/88f93b0c-a994-4d2d-9238-03fff321fe53/18a5857c-17af-4593-a69d-053ca5fb2912/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"documentaryFilm , Documentary film , latinAmericanPolitics , Latin American politics , latinAmericanReligion , Latin American religion , beliefRitualsAndWorship , Belief, rituals and worship , power , Power , politicsAndPoliticalIdeologies , Politics and Political Ideologies , _20002009 , 2000\u20132009 , made_20002009 , 2000\u20132009 , english , English , paraguay , Paraguay , video , Video , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , latinAmericanStudies , Latin American Studies , southAmerica , South America , anthropology , Anthropology , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , _2000Present , 2000\u2013present ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":2008,"publisher":"Quartier Latin Media (ICTV)","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"IC-Paraguay","facet":["_20002009","_2000Present","anthropology","beliefRitualsAndWorship","documentaryFilm","english","filmAndCinema","latinAmericanPolitics","latinAmericanReligion","latinAmericanStudies","made_20002009","made_2000Present","paraguay","politicsAndPoliticalIdeologies","power","societyAndSocietalIssues","southAmerica","video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Philippe Claude~Valeria dos Santos~Quartier Latin Media (ICTV)~Philippe Claude~Valeria dos Santos"}