How a Competitive Primary Race Could Shape Paraguay's Future
How a Competitive Primary Race Could Shape Paraguay's Future
By
Myles McCormick
In an election that could decide the next presidency, voters will judge an unpopular president’s legacy.
ASUNCIÓN - When Paraguayans go to the polls on Dec. 17 to choose their parties’ candidates for April’s presidential race, incumbent President Horacio Cartes will not – despite his best efforts – be on the ballot.
But Cartes’ legacy, shaped partly by his controversial push for re-election and the protests it sparked, will be.
That’s especially true in the close race to represent the ruling National Republican Association, or Colorado Party, which pits one of Cartes...
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