http://www.dominionpaper.ca/taxonomy/term/1475/0 en http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/dawn/1809 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-entry-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://www.dominionpaper.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://www.dominionpaper.ca/files/weblogs-img/2427598785_fcc8376f72.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=198977">2427598785_fcc8376f72.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Preliminary official results are showing that <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=ayZvS3xuEF9M&amp;refer=home">former Bishop Fernando Lugo has won the presidential elections</a> that took place April 20 in Paraguay. </p> <p>According to the <a href="http://www.tsje.gov.py/">Supreme Elections Tribunal in Paraguay</a>, Lugo's party, the Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) has an estimated 40.46% of votes, compared to 31.12% for Blanca Olevar's Colorado party and 21.8% for General Lino Oveido. This figure is still preliminary but includes 70.87% of the polling stations.</p> <p><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gAtkI6svsGoIegUVETkVwCJ9QYUgD905TEEG0">According to AP</a>, "News broadcasts showed two minor scuffles outside polling places Sunday" but voting was generally peaceful.</p> http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/dawn/1809#comments elections Lugo Latin America Paraguay Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:23:27 +0000 dawn 1809 at http://www.dominionpaper.ca