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Way back last summer, we asked our readers if the next president of Paraguay would be lefty former Bishop Fernando Lugo. Turns out the answer is yes! Yesterday Paraguay held it’s presidential elections and it looks like the Bishop of the Poor won, changing a pattern of 60 years of presidents from the Colorado party.

“The humble citizens are the ones responsible for this change,” Lugo said at a downtown news conference as his lead grew. “Paraguayans have taken a great step toward civic maturity. . . . We have opened a new page in this nation’s political history.”

Once the election results have been verified, Lugo’s 5 year presidential term begins on August 15th.

Via / LA Times