Patriotic Alliance for Change
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The Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) was a center-left coalition in Paraguay that achieved a significant political victory in 2008. This alliance, led by former bishop Fernando Lugo, successfully challenged the long-standing dominance of the Colorado Party, which had been in power for 62 years. The APC's win marked a historic shift in Paraguayan politics, ending an era of continuous Colorado Party rule.1
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ParaguayContinued rule by the Colorado Party…Lugo of the centre-left coalition Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio; APC) defeated Blanca Ovelar of the Colorado Party, ending that party’s 62 years of continuous rule.
Read More…Lugo of the centre-left coalition Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio; APC) defeated Blanca Ovelar of the Colorado Party, ending that party’s 62 years of continuous rule.
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Fernando Lugo…did the centre-left opposition coalition Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio; APC), which he had helped form. After Lugo defied a December 2006 canonical admonition against becoming a presidential candidate, the Vatican suspended him a divinis in January 2007, barring him from practicing as a priest. Lugo…
Read More…did the centre-left opposition coalition Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio; APC), which he had helped form. After Lugo defied a December 2006 canonical admonition against becoming a presidential candidate, the Vatican suspended him a divinis in January 2007, barring him from practicing as a priest. Lugo…
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