Paraguay s National Police Friday arrested former Senator Paraguayo Payo Cubas, the National Crusade Party s (PCN) presidential candidate, who finished third in last Sunday s elections with nearly 23% of the votes, for sparking demonstrations nationwide denouncing electoral fraud.
Less than three weeks before the April 30 presidential elections in Paraguay, the ruling National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party, continues to face serious financing problems stemming from Party Chairman Horacio Cartes having been declared significantly corrupt by the United States, which renders him non-eligible for many banks to sign loan agreements.
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