In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, a farmer walks behind black flags representing eleven landless farmers killed in "Yvy Pyta" settlement, near Curuguaty city, Paraguay, Tuesday. Nov. 13, 2012. Eleven landless farmers and 6 police officers were killed as consequence of the violent land dispute in at Marina Cue when police were trying to evict about 150 farmers from the reserve on June 15, 2012.
The presidential chair sits empty before the start of a news conference by Paraguay's new President Federico Franco at the presidential palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, June 23, 2012. Former President Fernando Lugo's ouster by lawmakers on Friday has been widely condemned in Latin America as Franco is promising to honor foreign commitments and reach out to Latin American leaders to try to keep his country from becoming a regional pariah.
Ache indigenous leader Ceferino Kregi holds aloft the skull of an Ache child captured 114 years ago in the jungles of Paraguay, in Ypetimi, about 300 kilometers southeast of Asuncion, Friday, June 11, 2010. Preserved at a museum in Argentina, the bones of the boy and another Ache, woman whose indigenous name was Kryygi, were returned by Argentine authorities to their ancient community in an act of historical reparation to the Ache tribe. The Ache people, who suffered abuses from the conquest period well into the 20th century, had interested anthropologists due their distinctive morphological aspects such as white skin, light eyes and hair color.
In this Nov. 7, 2012 photo, Juana Evangelista Martinez, 42, poses for a portrait with her sons, Eulalio, 5, resting on her lap, Christian, 10, in window left, Gabriel, 10, middle row left, Ricardo, 12, in window right, Arnaldo, 9, second from right, and Fabio, 8, right, in the Yvy Pyta settlement near Curuguaty, Paraguay. Martinez 's husband, Arnaldo Ruiz Diaz, was killed during the “Massacre of Curuguaty” on June 15 when negotiations between farmers occupying a rich politician's land ended with a barrage of bullets that killed 11 farmers and 6 police officers.
Youths and children fight for banknotes during "Natividad de Maria" celebrations at Guarambare city church, Paraguay, Sept. 7, 2012. Catholic people that believe have received a favor from Maria Virgin used to throw banknotes from church's balcony to children placed down as a form of return the favor to the Virgin. This custom exists since hundreds of years.