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Weekly Report - 06 December 2005
PARAGUAY: Domínguez has the edge in contest with Nicanor Duarte
Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte may fail in his attempt to seek reelection as leader of the ruling Colorado party. Businessman Osvaldo Domínguez has formally registered as a rival and the polls suggest he is already ahead of Duarte - to whom he lost narrowly in 2002. On the slate of Domínguez's Unión Nacional Republicana faction is his nephew, Alfredo (Goli) Stroessner, grandson of the exiled former dictator [WR-05-47].
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