Voice of America: Center-Right Cartes Wins Paraguayan Presidential Election

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Center-Right Cartes Wins Paraguayan Presidential Election Apr 22nd 2013, 04:00 Horacio Cartes won Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, succeeding former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo, who was impeached last year for poor performance. Cartes, a business magnate who made his fortune in banking and tobacco, has vowed to create jobs in a nation where nearly 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Cartes' election marks a victory for the center-right Colorado Party over challenger Efrain Alegre's leftist Liberal Party, which ...

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