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Paraguay: election ends six decades of one-party rule
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :The election victory Sunday of former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo brings an end to 61 years of unbroken rule by the right-wing Colorado Party. Lugo became known as the bishop of the poor after championing the cause of Paraguays indigenous peasant population and then resigning from the Church in 2004 to pursue a political career.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :The election victory Sunday of former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo brings an end to 61 years of unbroken rule by the right-wing Colorado Party. Lugo became known as the bishop of the poor after championing the cause of Paraguays indigenous peasant population and then resigning from the Church in 2004 to pursue a political career.
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