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In Sunday’s municipal elections in Paraguay, Soledad Nunez from the opposition coalition Alianza Juntos Por Asunción won the mayor’s race in Asuncion with 47.78% of the vote, ahead of Colorado Party candidate Camilo Perez who received 45.98%. The election is seen as an important indicator for the upcoming 2028 general election, given that the Colorado Party has controlled the mayor's seat since 2019. Additionally, in Ciudad del Este, Dani Mujica from the opposition movement Yo Creo won with 72.83% of the vote compared to the Colorado candidate’s 23.8%.
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On October 4, Soledad Nunez, an opposition candidate from Alianza Juntos Por Asunción, narrowly won the mayoral race in Asuncion, Paraguay's capital city, with 47.78% of votes compared to Camilo Perez of the ruling Colorado Party who received 45.98%. The vote was seen as a midterm indicator for the 2028 general election. Meanwhile, in Ciudad del Este, a significant commercial hub bordering Argentina and Brazil, opposition candidate Dani Mujica won overwhelmingly with 72.83% of votes against the Colorado Party's contender who secured only 23.8%. Perez stated he would await an official review of results before accepting defeat. Nunez now takes over a city facing financial difficulties including millions in debt and infrastructure issues.
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Paraguay opposition candidate wins Asuncion mayor's race in gauge of 2028 vote
ASUNCION, Oct 4 -
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candidate → win → vote
The candidate for Paraguay's ruling Colorado Party lost the mayor's race in the country's capital on Sunday in municipal elections widely seen as a midterm test for the right-wing government ahead of the 2028 general election.
asserted
candidate → rule → election
With 99.92% of votes counted in Asuncion, Soledad Nunez of the opposition coalition Alianza Juntos Por Asunción had 47.78% of the vote while Colorado candidate Camilo Perez won 45.98%.
asserted
Perez → count → %
Colorado had controlled the mayor's seat since 2019.
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Colorado → control → 2019
In the country's second-largest city, Ciudad del Este, opposition candidate Dani Mujica won the mayor's race by a wide margin.
asserted
Mujica → win → margin
Perez told reporters on Sunday night that he would await an official review of the results on Monday.
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he → tell → Monday
Nunez, a 2023 candidate for vice president, inherits a municipality burdened by millions of dollars in debt obligations, missed interest payments, stalled public works projects and infrastructure problems.
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Nunez → inherit → obligations
In Ciudad del Este, a key commercial hub in the tri-border area with Argentina and Brazil, Mujica of the Yo Creo opposition movement won 72.83% of the vote, well ahead of the Colorado Party candidate on 23.8%, with all votes counted.
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votes → win → %
A centrist, Miguel Prieto, the head of the Yo Creo movement, is expected to seek the presidency in 2028.
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centrist → expect → 2028
Analysts see the 37-year-old lawyer as a rising political force capable of mounting one of the strongest challenges in years to the Colorado Party's long dominance of Paraguayan politics.
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Analysts → see → politics
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