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Economist and former finance minister Santiago Peña sees off challenger Efraín Alegre in Sunday's election, ensuring the continuation of the conservative Colorado Party's domination of power.

Future ties with Taiwan are in play as Paraguayans go to the polls Sunday to pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and

Forty-four-year-old economist, Santiago Pena has won Paraguay’s presidential election, returning the conservative Colorado Party to government after a tightly-contested campaign that had threatened to end its seven-decade hold on power. The former finance minister had 42.7 percent of the vote with more than 99 percent of ballots counted, a more than 15-point lead over centre-left rival Efrain Alegrem a 60-year-old lawyer from the Concertacion coalition, according to the electoral body, Aljazee...

Paraguya's ruling right-wing Colorado Party consolidated its power after voters elected former Finance Minister Santiago Pena as the country's...

Paraguayans on Sunday elected a president from the rightwing party in power for nearly eight decades, rejecting a center-left challenger who had railed against endemic institutional corruption.

Taiwan ties in balance as Paraguay votes

Future ties with Taiwan are in play as Paraguayans go to the polls Sunday to pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and economic inequality.

Polls open in Paraguay election, with Taiwan ties in the balance

Voting stations opened Sunday across Paraguay as its citizens pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and economic inequality, with the election potentially impacting…

Ruling Colorado Party’s Santiago Pena takes on political veteran Efrain Alegre in presidential race.