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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 12 October 2018

PARAGUAY: Divisions widen in ruling ANR-PC

One of Paraguay’s most influential political families has become the latest target of local prosecutors. Senator Javier Zacarías Irún and his family are now under investigation for illicit enrichment, corruption, and tax evasion. The moves against the Zacarías Irún clan may be applauded in some quarters. But they are likely to exacerbate the deep divisions within the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC), which could produce political instability and governability problems for the government led by President Mario Abdo Benítez.

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