Voting stations open across Paraguay on Sunday as 4.8 million eligible voters pick the country’s next president, with the outcome potentially impacting the country's future ties with Taiwan
Future ties with Taiwan are in play as Paraguayans go to the polls to pick a president they hope will tackle endemic corruption, rising crime and economic inequality.
Alegre's coalition is aiming to end the almost unbroken, seven-decade hegemony of the ruling conservative Colorado Party in the closest race in many years. Alegre is leading narrowly in opinion polls amid a recent anti-incumbency trend in Latin American elections.
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