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ASUNCION, Paraguay — The victory of the “bishop of the poor” in Paraguay’s presidential election expands a wave of leftist leadership across Latin America and further isolates the few remaining conservative governments. Once Fernando Lugo is inaugurated on August 15, the only right-leaning governments in Latin America will be Colombia, El Salvador, and Mexico, and arguably Peru, where a left-leaning populist party has gradually edged to the right.
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|ASUNCION, Paraguay — The victory of the “bishop of the poor” in Paraguay’s presidential election expands a wave of leftist leadership across Latin America and further isolates the few remaining conservative governments. Once Fernando Lugo is inaugurated on August 15, the only right-leaning governments in Latin America will be Colombia, El Salvador, and Mexico, and arguably Peru, where a left-leaning populist party has gradually edged to the right.
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