[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 12 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Page 515]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Murder of Vice President Luis Maria Argana of Paraguay

March 24, 1999

    I want to express the profound sadness of the United States for the 
death earlier yesterday of the Vice President of Paraguay, Luis Maria 
Argana, and offer our condolences to the people of Paraguay and 
especially to the family of Vice President Argana. Vice President Argana 
was shot and killed yesterday by unknown assailants while on his way to 
the office. We strongly condemn this brutal murder, which occurred 
against the backdrop of continued political turmoil in Paraguay. I join 
the President of Paraguay, Cubas Grau, in urging all Paraguayans to put 
aside politics and draw together in the interest of all Paraguayans to 
support the democratic process.