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Santiago Pena wins Paraguay vote, keeps rightwing party in power
4 years agoParaguayan presidential candidate for the Colorado Party, Santiago Peña, celebrates with his party members after winning the presidential election in Asuncion on April 30, 2023. - Paraguayans went to the polls Sunday to pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and economic inequality, with the election potentially impacting the country's future ties with Taiwan. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP)
Paraguayans on Sunday elected a president from the rightwing party in power for nearly eight decades, rejecting a center-left challenger who had railed against endemic institutional corruption.