Fernando Lugo

Paraguay’s Colorado Party Back in Power

By Jorge Zárate
Paraguay’s right-wing Colorado Party, which ruled the country for 60 years until 2008, will return to power under President-elect Horacio Cartes, who won Sunday’s presidential elections by a wide margin.
Mercosur leaders express solidarity with Argentina

SOUTH AMERICA: Mercosur Bloc – More Politics, Better Integration

By Raúl Pierri
The leaders of South America's Mercosur trade bloc decided to set up a committee to facilitate the incorporation of new members, adopt a mechanism to defend democracy in case of a coup, and ban vessels from the Malvinas/Falkland Islands from docking in member countries' ports.
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