authorities in Paraguay

The son of a former top aide to ex-dictator Alfredo Stroessner was elected president of Paraguay on Sunday in voting that was much closer than projected, according to official results. With 99.4 percent of the vote counted, Mario Abdo Benitez, 46, a U.S.-educated construction executive who ran under the ...

Officials of the Paraguay's general election wait for voters at "Dahlquist" school, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 22, 2018. ... ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — The son of a former dictator's top aide appeared to have a strong lead heading into Sunday's election for Paraguayan president, aided by a ...

Paraguay will hold its seventh democratic election since 1989, when a military coup ended Alfredo Stroessner's 35-year-long military dictatorship. On Sunday April 22, over four million people will choose new national authorities, including the president, vice-president, 45 senators, 80 representatives, and ...

Boiteux, an Argentinian, was one of four people arrested in the case in Paraguay in November 2017 and identified by authorities as the ringleader. ... According to the indictment and to Paraguay officials, Boiteux and his co-conspirators advertised Amarres Inmediatos and Brujo VIP on Facebook and ...