''Sendero'' ('Path') was a

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newspaper in

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, published by the

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(CEP). Initially it was a fortnightly and was later converted into a weekly newspaper.

History

The first issue of ''Sendero'' was published in July 1973. The previous press organ of CEP, ''Comunidad'' had been shut down in 1969 after persistent repression and harassment from the

Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan politician, army general and Military dictatorship, military dictator who ruled as the 42nd president of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 19 ...

government. During the period 1969–1973 the only organ of the Catholic Church had been an internal 'Information Bulletine' circulated within parishes but without possibility of distribution through news-kiosks. The (verbal) permission to publish ''Sendero'' was obtained after negotiations on behalf of CEP with the newly instituted ''Dirección General de Culto'' (an institution within the Ministry of Education) and the Minister of Interior Sabinoi Augusto Montanaro.''El autoritarismo en la historia reciente del Paraguay''. Asunción: Comisión de Verdad y Justicia, Paraguay, 2008. pp. 50-51 ''Sendero'' continued publication throughout the rest of the Stroessner years, but was constantly under the watchful eyes the Ministry of Education and the ''Dirección General de Culto''. For example, in 1974 a series of articles were censored for having been 'unnecessarily unfriendly towards the government of General Stroessner'.Fernández, David.
La herejía de seguir a Jesús: intrahistoria de las Ligas Agrarias Cristianas del Paraguay
'. Colección de la historia reciente, Nr. 1. Madrid: IEPALA Ed. - Inst. de Estudios para América Latina y Africa, 2003. p. 40 In particular, a

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column titled ''Ñande kuéra kuete'' irritated the state authorities. The column, authored by José Leon (a pseudonym), repeatedly commented on cases of political repression in the country. The newspaper also carried a section titled ''Derechos Humanos'' ('Human Rights'). Publication of ''Sendero'' ended in 1992 after a decision by the Bishops' Assembly.Fracchia, Emilio.
Pensamiento episcopal en el proceso democrático paraguayo
'. Asunción, Paraguay: Conferencia Episcopal Paraguaya, 2006. p. 20

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