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Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)

New government installed amid political tension

Paraguay’s new Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) government led by President Mario Abdo Benítez was installed on 15 August. Despite leading a brand-new administration, Abdo Benítez assumes office in a tense and fragmented political environment. This is the result of the lingering divisions within the ANR-PC, as well as those between the ANR-PC and the main opposition Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA). Such a politically charged scenario is threatening to undermine governability for the new government.

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