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PARAGUAY: VICTORY OF NICANOR DUARTE FRUTOS MAINTAINS PARTIDO COLORADO HOLD ON POWER.(political corruption, economic development, and presidential elections)
NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs, May, 2003
Paraguayan voters who went to the polls on April 27 opted to stay with the party that has been in power since 1947-- longer than any other party still in power in the world. Nicanor Duarte Frutos, candidate for the governing Asociacion Nacional Republica (ANR, Partido Colorado), won handily, taking 37.3% of the vote.
Voters also chose a vice president, 45 senators, 80 deputies, 17 governors, and 191 departmental officials. Paraguay, with a population of 5.9 million people, has 2.4 million registered voters. Although voting is compulsory, indications following the election were that no more than 60% of eligible voters went to the polls.
Julio Cesar Franco of the Partido Liberal Radical Autentico (PLRA) came in second with 23.8% of the votes, while...
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