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	Politics of Paraguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Paraguay takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Paraguay is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Paraguay's highly centralized government was fundamentally changed by the 1992 constitution, which reinforced a division of powers that in the previous two Constitutions existed mostly on paper.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Paraguay (444 words)

	Elections in Paraguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paraguay elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
		Paraguay is a one party dominant state with the Colorado Party.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Paraguay (241 words)

	PARAGUAY
		It is notable that in Paraguay, a long-time U.S. ally governed until the coup by a right-wing dictatorship, the Reagan administration had a strong record of criticizing Stroessner's abysmal human rights practices.
		Election authorities were appointed in accordance with the parties' results in previous highly restricted and fraudulent elections, which also gave an unusual advantage to the Colorado Party.
		Free elections, of course, do not by themselves guarantee respect for human rights, and Paraguay is still in a period of transition in addressing violations.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1989/WR89/Paraguay.htm (698 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003 Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The subsequent elections of 1993 and 1998 were deemed to be both "free and fair" by both domestic and international observers.
		Much of the problem with executive recruitment in Paraguay is a function of the "reserved domains of power" held by the military.
		Paraguay's highly centralized government was fundamentally changed by the 1992 constitution.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Par1.htm (1151 words)

	Latin American Electoral Systems
		In the 1994 Senate elections in each state, the two candidates who received the most votes were elected to be senators and a third senate seat was given to the minority party in that state which obtained the most votes.
		The 1994 elections were seen as critical because prior to the election the country was plagued by a series of crises, including the assassination of the PRI presiential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.
		The elections of May 1993 were the first free and uncontested elections with an all-civilian slate of c andidates since 1928.
	pdba.georgetown.edu /Elecdata/systems.html (3524 words)

	Paraguay (country) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Paraguay (country), a landlocked republic in South America.
		In congressional elections, Stroessner's ruling Colorado Party won an overwhelming victory, as expected.
		It polled 84 percent of the vote, as opposed to 12 percent for Senator...
	encarta.msn.com /Paraguay_(country).html (185 words)

	AMW2
		Elections in Paraguay in 1991 marked an important step toward the consolidation of democracy.
		By honoring the election results, the Rodríguez government reinforced Paraguay's democratic direction as it encouraged broad sectors of civil society to participate in a national debate over the country's future constitution.
		While Paraguay is the only new democracy in the Southern Cone in which no amnesty law protects those responsible for committing abuses during past regimes, trials have generally not moved forward.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1992/WR92/AMW2-05.htm (1562 words)

	Paraguay
		Paraguay is a constitutional republic with three branches of government.
		However, partisan court intervention permitted the Colorado Party to retain control of the Chamber of Deputies when a judge blocked several opposition members from taking their seats until several days after the new Congress convened, allowing the Colorado candidate for Chamber president to be elected on the first day of the session.
		For the first time in a national election, about half of voters cast their ballots on electronic voting terminals, which were less prone to manipulation than paper ballots.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27915.htm (8370 words)

	John Clancy, A Terrorist (& Fall-Guys) at Work in Paraguay
		Paraguay is in the very centre of South America, hemmed in by the two giants of the region, Argentina and Brazil.
		Today Paraguay is discovering being robbed yet again, this time being given away by their own rulers, the military elite building fortunes for themselves, turning the country into a haven for the world's crooks, arms dealers, drug barons, even Nazi war criminals.
		Paraguay got just 2% of the energy but in terms of the treaty the rest was sold cheaply to Brazil.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/42/194.html (4373 words)

	Timeline Paraguay
		The war ended in crushing defeat of Paraguay with 90% of its adult male population killed.
		Hayes was called upon to arbitrate a dispute between Paraguay and Argentina over the Chaco grasslands, a land area about the size of Colorado.
		2005 Feb 16, In Paraguay the body of Cecilia Cubas, the kidnapped daughter of former President Raul Cubas, was dug up from behind a house months after she was abducted by heavily armed gunmen.
	timelines.ws /countries/PARAGUAY.HTML (1898 words)

	FIU Library -- Internet Resources -- Latin America and the Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the election for the Senado, the Partido Justicialista won with 40% (or 40 seats), the Alianza received 23.3% (24 seats for the UCR and 1 seat for the FREPASO), the Partido Humanista came in with 2.6%, the Acción por la República with 2.2%, and the PTS with 0.7%.
		In the July 2, 2000 election, the PAN formed part of the victorious Alianza por Cambio and was allotted 218 seats in the Cámara de Diputados and 46 in the Cámara de Senadores.
		In the legislative elections on that same day, the PLC came in first with 53.2% of the vote (or 47 out of the 90 seats), the FSLN was second with 42.1% (43 seats), and the PCN received 2.1% (or 2 seats).
	weblib.fiu.edu /internet/subjects/caribbean/polparties.html (11036 words)

	Democracy, April-June, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the end of election day, during vote counting, an OAS observer is present at certain polling stations, which have been chosen in advance by statistical techniques.
		In the election process, as the sampling units are the polling stations, we do not have to concern ourselves with overcoming the problems involved in quota sampling.
		Even in the second round of Guatemala's presidential election, where there was a statistical tie between the two candidates (the margins of error did not allow us to know the winner), the point estimate was less than 0.5 percent from the real value.
	www.upd.oas.org /old_stuff/newsletter/qc.htm (1383 words)

	U.S. Military Eyes Paraguay -- In These Times
		In June Paraguay’s legislature gave the green light to the U.S. military for a series of 13 joint exercises to run through December 2006.
		Then the rumors began appearing in the Latin American press: The United States was moving to establish a military base at Mariscal Estigarribia, a town in Paraguay just 124 miles from Bolivia’s southeast frontier and within easy striking distance of Bolivian natural gas reserves, the largest in the Americas.
		With national elections slated for December 5, the Andean nation is expected to become the next Latin American flashpoint.
	www.inthesetimes.com /site/main/article/2381 (1916 words)

	Paraguay
		The protestors organizer, Agustin Konrad of the Agricultural Association of Paraguay, met with the Ministers of Interior, Treasury, Public Works, and Agriculture, who said that they would discuss the farmer's demands once the protest was lifted.
		This was the first national executive election won by the opposition in over 50 years.
		There were no reports of irregularities, although the elections were marked by the lowest voter turnout (50 percent) since the end of the Stroessner dictatorship in 1989.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8297.htm (9287 words)

	paraguay map and map of paraguay and information page
		On the surface Paraguay appeared to be a potentially valuable Spanish dominion, but then, with no gold found, no silver to be mined, and no local Indians forced into slave labor, this isolated colony remained peaceful, and for the most part, out of the spotlight of the Spanish Crown.
		And you guessed it, Paraguay's economy crashed, political infighting continued, and a long series of dictatorships prevailed on into the late 20th century, including the 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, which was overthrown in 1989.
		Relative Location Paraguay, dissected by the Tropic of Capricorn, is located in both the southern and western hemisphere..
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/py.htm (903 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
		Amidst ongoing political instability and economic stagnation, Paraguay held general elections in April 2003 in which the ruling Colorado party won the presidency - continuing the party's uninterrupted dominance of Paraguayan politics for almost a half century.
		When NDI began working in Paraguay in 1988, it helped establish the Center for Democratic Studies (CED) which went on to train pollwatchers; develop mass media campaigns to encourage voter registration and participation; conduct public opinion surveys; design and implement independent vote tabulations; and local governance and civic education programs.
		In preparation for the May 1998 national elections, NDI worked with the parties on such issues as strategic planning, election laws, campaign finance reform and increasing the political participation of women.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/lac/paraguay/paraguay_pf.asp (600 words)

	PARLIT Search Results
		Elections in Paraguay, 9 May 1993/Elections au Paraguay, 9 mai 1993.
		Elections of the Chamber of Deputies in Paraguay, 10 May 1998/Elections de la Chambre des députés au Paraguay, 10 mai 1998Authors:.
		Elections of the Senate in Paraguay, 10 May 1998/Elections du Sénat au Paraguay, 10 mai 1998.
	www.ipu.org /parlit-e/parlitsearch.idq?CiMaxRecordsPerPage=10&CiScope=/parlit-e/reports&TemplateName=parlitsearch&CiSort=rank[d]&HTMLQueryForm=/parlit-e/parlitsearch.asp&CiRestriction=Paraguay (149 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; September 15, 1995
		Wasmosy, who heads Paraguay's first democratic civilian government in 60 years, is credited with making notable political advances in the country and with having an ability to bring diverse sectors of society together to dialogue and reach a consensus on important issues such as judicial reform (see NotiSur, 04/21/95).
		According to polls, the leftist Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD) is gaining in popularity, after the decisive defeat of long-time PLD leader Juan Bosch in the 1994 elections, in which he took less than 13% of the vote.
		Meanwhile, while politicians anticipate next year's elections, the country continues to be shaken by the most serious social and labor problems in decades, according to analysts and commentators.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h95/notisur.19950915.html (2684 words)

	Paraguay
		Eastern Paraguay, between the Paraná and Paraguay rivers, is upland country with the thickest population settled on the grassy slope that inclines toward the Paraguay River.
		Paraguay was governed by three dictators during the first 60 years of independence.
		Paraguay, river, Brazil and Paraguay - Paraguay, river, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the highlands of central Mato Grosso state,...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107879.html (902 words)

	NOTES ON PARAGUAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Usually Paraguay is pretty well ignored by the rest of the world, but two recent events there deserve mention.
		Paraguay is currently working on similar, although smaller projects on its other river boundaries with Brazil and Argentina.
		The second event of note in Paraguay was on May 26 when free elections for mayors were held for the first time in the country's history.
	www.swl.net /patepluma/south/misc/prgynote.html (719 words)

	OAS Observes Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In Paraguay, voters went to the polls on August 13 to elect a successor to Vice President Luis María Argaña, who was assassinated in March 1999.
		On the day after the voting, when the results were deemed too close to call, Chea met separately with both candidates, Félix Argaña and Julio César Franco, who pledged to respect the ultimate results announced by national electoral authorities.
		The elections originally had been scheduled in May, but the country’s highest court ordered a postponement, citing technical problems and a lack of information available to voters.
	www.oas.org /oasnews/2000/English/sep-oct2000/main/arti4.html (320 words)

	Doubts about Paraguay's election - general elections Contemporary Review - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		PARAGUAY is an unusual country in several ways.
		Without import duties, Paraguay is reputedly the largest importer of American cigarettes and Scotch whiskey, which melt profitably across the endless borders with Argentina and Brazil.
		Because of the primitive stage of the Paraguayan political system, rudimentary ideas like honesty, democratic elections, and the depoliticization of the military provide the principal issues of politics.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_n1532_v263/ai_14567870 (401 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; May 3, 1996
		At the root of the conflict was an internal struggle within the governing Partido Colorado, whose elections for party leadership were scheduled for April 28.
		The party presidency is a key post in choosing the candidate for president in the national elections.
		In addition, following the party elections, Wasmosy and Argana formed a "nonaggression pact," committing themselves to party harmony and collaboration in preparation for municipal elections in November and the 1998 presidential elections.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h96/notisur.19960503.html (4664 words)

	Paraguay history
		Una Historia del Paraguay Extensive and fully illustrated from Paraguay itself, but can be slow to load and navigation is not always easy.
		The Building of the California and Paraguay Missions: Town Development on the Fringes of Empire R H Jackson.
		Geopolitics of Paraguay: Pivotal Position within a Model of Geopolitics Examines the geopolitical position of Paraguay, fundamental to understanding its 19th century position.
	www.casahistoria.net /Paraguay.htm (1475 words)

	Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
		The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
		Adam Carr's Electoral Archive has complete (ie, seat by seat) federal elections statistics from 1901 (federation) to the present, and statistics for all Australian state elections since 1990.
		National Electoral Committee has information in English on the Parliamentary Elections of 1995 and 1999, and the local elections of 1996, plus an overview of elections from 1989-1996.
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm (1352 words)

	FROM THE GRASSROOTS: NI 183 - Update
		In Paraguay we know the results two hours before the polls open.’ The February 1988 elections were no exception.
		In the run-up to the election prized information was not whether Stroessner would win but what percentage had been predetermined.
		It is hard to find a single criterion by which Paraguay could be called democratic or the election meaningful.
	www.newint.org /issue183/update.htm (1547 words)

	Government and Politics
		By 1989 inflation and shortages were so bad that his party was defeated in the elections and he was forced to turn over the presidency early to his successor, Carlos Menem.
		The most fascinating development in Uruguay recently occurred with the 1989 elections, which gave the traditionalist Blanco Party control of the national government and the leftist Frente Amplio control of the capital city of Montevideo, where a third of Uruguay's population lives.
		As usual, the literature on Paraguay is relatively sparse.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /hlas/ss55govt-lewis.html (852 words)

	Words into Deeds, English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Recent elections in the Hemisphere have been some of the fairest in history, and voter participation has reached extraordinary levels in some cases - e.g., 86 percent in the 1996 presidential election in the Dominican Republic and between 83 and 90 percent in the 1996 municipal elections in Paraguay.
		Recent elections in the Hemisphere have been some of the fairest in history, and voter participation has reached extraordinary levels in some cases¯e.g., 86 percent in the 1996 presidential election in the Dominican Republic and between 83 and 90 percent in the 1996 municipal elections in Paraguay.
		In Paraguay the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic and the Bicameral Committee on Illicit Activity of the National Congress are engaged in the anti-corruption effort.
	www.summit-americas.org /WordsintoDeeds-eng.htm (16410 words)

	Fuentes Informativas Adicionales — ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
		Election Commission Of India (1995), Election Manual of India, Volumes 1 and 2.
		The Community Elections Evaluation Group (1996), The End of The Beginning, An Evaluation of the November 1995 South African Local Government Elections, Volume 1 Report and Recommendations.
		Election Administration--Department of the Environment and Local Government (en inglés).
	www.aceproject.org /main/espanol/po/po90.htm (747 words)

	American Experience \| Jimmy Carter \| Timeline
		This is the fourth visit by the Center to discuss, observe, or advise the Chinese government on elections.
		February 27: The Carters are joined by General Colin Powell and former Nigerian President Mahamane Ousmane as co-leaders of a 60-member delegation to observe the Nigerian presidential elections.
		September 3: Carter calls for the Indonesian government to move swiftly to maintain order in East Timor, where armed pro-integration militias are terrorizing the populace in the wake of the August 30 balloting.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/carter/timeline/timeline3.html (1395 words)

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