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Paraguay Awaits Lugo's Exit

AP | By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 12.25.2011

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ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Paraguay's congress closed its doors last week for more than two months of paid vacation, showing no interest in giving Presiden...

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A Conversation With Jesse Eisenberg About His New Play, Asuncion

Jeryl Brunner | Posted 02.14.2012

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Jeryl Brunner

Whenever I see Jesse Eisenberg act in films, it seems that he has the unique ability to inhabit his characters, making them three-dimensional and usually heartbreakingly compelling.

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Highlights From Jesse Eisenberg's New Play

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 01.02.2012

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In Jesse Eisenberg's new play 'Asuncion,' which he also wrote, two 20-something roommates, Vinny (Justin Bartha) and Edgar (Eisenberg), confront their...

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Jesse Eisenberg Is At His Best In Play He Wrote And Stars In

AP | By JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 12.28.2011

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NEW YORK -- Few actors are as good at playing young, wired, brainy, socially awkward people as Jesse Eisenberg, who memorably portrayed Facebook's Mar...

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Jesse Eisenberg Will NOT Read This Story

Vulture | By: | Posted 12.27.2011

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Five years ago, Jesse Eisenberg, the 28-year-old actor best known for playing arrogant but oddly endearing nerds like Walt in The Squid and the Whale ...

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'The Hangover' Star Cast In Jesse Eisenberg's Play

Posted 10.11.2011

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Jesse Eisenberg is about to make his playwright debut this fall in New York, when his play "Asuncion" which he'll also star in, is performed off-Broad...

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Jesse Eisenberg's Big New Accomplishment

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 08.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- Jesse Eisenberg, the Oscar-nominated star of The Social Network, will make his professional New York debut as a playwright with an Off Bro...

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Paraguay unveils archives from dictatorship

AP | PEDRO SERVIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay's persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner's 1954-1989 rule.

The basement archive in the Ministry of Defense appears to hold some records about Operation Condor, a coordinated campaign by South American military governments against leftists during the 1970s and 80s, according to rights activist Martin Almada.

The discovery was announced hours after Almada gained access the rows of boxes and yellowed ledgers on Wednesday morning. He said the documents apparently contain names of Argentine opponents of Stroessner's government.

"In skimming through them, we uncovered some interesting information regarding Operation Condor," said Almada, who directs a museum about past government repression and torture.

Several South American military governments are accused of working together to crack down on leftist dissidents beginning in the mid-1970s.

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