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Cartes wins Paraguay presidential vote

AFP

Millionaire businessman Horacio Cartes of the opposition Colorado Party, a political neophyte, has won Paraguay’s presidential election, electoral officials said. Cartes took 45.91 percent of the votes, compared to 36.84 percent for Efrain Alegre of the ruling Liberal Party, who has conceded defeat…

Paraguay’s next president a rich newcomer to politics Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By Daniela Desantis and Hilary Burke ASUNCION

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President-elect Horacio Cartes is one of Paraguay’s wealthiest men and, in a country infamous for corruption, some voters hope that means they will have a leader who is not tempted to steal. Brash and ambitious, Cartes had never voted before Cartes to Lead.