Eladio Loizaga
Eladio Loizaga Caballero (born 17 March 1949) is a Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat. Biography. Loizaga studied law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, where he graduated in 1973; he devoted himself to the areas of International Law, Civil Law, International Trade and Intellectual Property. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he was one of the local promoters of the World Anti Communist League. In 1989-1992 he served as Cabinet Head of Staff for Gral. Andrés Rodríguez Pedotti. He also served as legislator and Paraguayan Representative to the United Nations and WTO. On 15 August 2013  he was sworn in as Foreign Minister of Paraguay in the cabinet of President Horacio Cartes. Loizaga is one of several prominent beneficiaries of ill-gotten lands in Paraguay. These lands were destined for agrarian reform but were illegally handed to loyalists of the Stroessner military dictatorship. He claims ownership of more than 8.000 hectars of land handed to him in this manner despite not possessing the proper papers and title documents. He has been accused of being a prominent figure behind Operation Condor, a US backed anticommunist campaign of political suppression and state terror.