Paraguay president backs off re-election bid
He said he had been inspired by Pope Francis's call for peace and dialogue.
Demonstrators set fire to the Congress building last month in protest at a secret Senate vote to allow second terms.
Paraguay suffered under decades of dictatorship until 1989 and many oppose presidential re-election.
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That includes 35 years under vicious dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who practised genocide against the indigenous Ache people, forced many into slavery. He also gave sanctuary to WWII Nazi monster, the "Angel of Death of Auschwitz", Dr. Josef Mengele.
The short "time-out" period was celebrated when former Bishop Fernando Lugo was elected by a massive vote by the people, and given a legislative coup by the Colorado Party in order to re-seize power.
When the people of Paraguay finally got a chance to elect someone they wanted, that President was the target for a filthy, dishonest removal by the party which prefers brutal puppets of the extremely privileged.
If the 1%'ers liked Horacio Cartes especially well, they'd find a way to keep him, just like they kept Alfredo Stroessner for 35 years, while the US looked upon him fondly, also.
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Stroessner, right, and fellow sadistic fascist dictator Pinochet.
