Patriotic Alliance for Change
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The Patriotic Alliance for Change is a center-left and left-wing Paraguay
an political alliance consisting of eight parties in a governing coalition:http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2007/2007-09-19/vernotainternacional.php?id=070918235513
Its candidate in the 2008 election
was Fernando Lugo
, who won the election.
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
an political alliance consisting of eight parties in a governing coalition:http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2007/2007-09-19/vernotainternacional.php?id=070918235513
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- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Paraguay)-History:The party was established in the 1960s and was one of the parties that renounced violence as a means of toppling the Stroessner regime. However, the party did not contest a national election until Stroessner was overthrown in 1989. In the general elections later that year it received 1% of...
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- Progressive Democratic Party
Its candidate in the 2008 election
Paraguayan general election, 2008
The 2008 Paraguayan general election was held in Paraguay on April 20, 2008. This includes presidential, legislative, and local elections. The presidential election was won by opposition candidate Fernando Lugo of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, who defeated Blanca Ovelar of the long-ruling...
was Fernando Lugo
Fernando Lugo
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez is the current President of Paraguay and a former Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro.-Early life:...
, who won the election.