End of preview - This article contains approximately 1697 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 04 May 2023 (WR-23-18)
Ruling Colorados sweep to total victory in Paraguay
Paraguay’s elections on 30 April could scarcely have gone any better for the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC). Not only did the party’s presidential candidate, Santiago Peña, win comfortably but it also seized control of both chambers of congress for the first time in 25 years and emerged victorious in all bar two of the 17 gubernatorial elections. And yet the next five years will be far from plain sailing for the ANR-PC in general and Peña in particular.
- Ruling Colorados sweep to total victory in Paraguay
- COLOMBIA: Petro puts supporters on standby to pressure congress
- VENEZUELA: US drops protection for Citgo parent company
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Fernández turns to Lula seeking respite
- BRAZIL: Six indigenous territories gain legal protection
- BRAZIL: Resistance to online regulation efforts
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Flurry of activity as congressional session ends
- MEXICO: The fight for CDMX
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: Castro loses minister over tax reform
- SURINAME: Clashes over land rights claim two lives
- PANAMA: Mixed messages on financial transparency
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Giammattei reaffirms Guatemala’s support for Taiwan
- Quotes of the week