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A Decade After Lugo Was Ousted, Paraguay’s Left Has a Chance to Regain Power
The 2012 coup against Fernando Lugo cut short the only period of left-wing rule in Paraguay’s modern history. But in elections next year, the country’s progressives have their best shot in years at unseating the corrupt, reactionary Colorado Party.