Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (right) came into power on a fresh breeze of hope. A former Catholic bishop from San Pedro, one of the dirtier and poorer parts of dirt poor Paraguay, Lugo's election broke the 61-year rule of the fabulously corrupt Colorado Party (which among other sins was one of the 'twin pillars' of the 35-year Stroessner dictatorship) and gave hope to Paraguay's poor, whose welfare Lugo promised to prioritize. I did a brief Q&A with Lugo for the March 2008 issue of Monocle magazine, and he seemed intelligent and well-intentioned and less interested in theatrical anti-Americanism than Chávez, to whom his detractors often compared him.

Recently, Lugo hasn't had an easy time as President (not that the Presidency of Paraguay would be easy for anyone). The difficulty comes from an unexpected place, though: A week ago, he admitted to fathering a child with a women who once worked as a maid in the house where he lived. He did manage to get a few kudos for honesty, as he admitted fatherhood and said he would give his salary (which was going to charity) to the mother.

Today's news is a bit different, though: 27-year-old Benigna Leguizamón now claims that Lugo also fathered one of her children, now six years old, and that four years ago stopped sending child support. Her words: "Everyone in the San Pedro state knows this scoundrel is the father of my son."

The big question now for the Prurient Presidential Priest: When will the next ovum drop?

(Photo from DyN)