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During the election campaign, leftist candidate Efraín Alegre, defeated by Santiago Peña in Paraguay's presidential elections, criticized the relationship with Taiwan, considered a "rebel province" by the Chinese Communist Party.

Asunción, Apr 30 (EFE).- Santiago Peña won Paraguay’s presidential elections on Sunday, with his conservative ruling party also winning a majority in the Senate and at least 15 of the 17 disputed governorates, according to the official provisional count. Peña became the country’s president elect with 42.9 percent of the votes over center-left Concertacion coalition …

Paraguay's Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results (TREP) page informed that, with more than 80 percent of the tables counted

Paraguays President Mario Abdo Benítez Wednesday confirmed having met with US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Director David Cohen in Asunción to discuss national security issues.

Paraguay’s ex-president and current vice president are under investigation for alleged corruption – charges they deny.

Paraguays Attorney General Emiliano Rolón Fernández said a team would look into the US allegations that former President Horacio Cartes and Vice President Hugo Velázquez engaged in systemic corruption that has undermined democratic institutions in Paraguay

The US State Department has added three Paraguayan nationals to its list of significantly corrupt officials just one day after signing a new arrangement with the South American country whereby military engineers would assist in future waterway developments.

Paraguay’s attorney general launched a criminal investigation Thursday into U.S. allegations that a former Paraguayan president and the current vice president were involved in corruption and had ties to a terrorist group. Paraguay’s Attorney General Emiliano Rolón Fernández said a team would look into the U.S. allegations that former President Horacio Cartes and Vice President…

Paraguay’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into U.S. allegations that a former Paraguayan president and the current vice president were involved in corruption and had ties to terrorists

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