Paraguay: ？Jaque Mate?

the year 2007 was characterized by three major and interrelated trends. in the first place, one must note the failed effort of president duarte frutos to modify the constitutional clause that prevents him from running for re-election and his all-out effort to reconstitute the stronista model of domination and to impose his candidates to the presidency and the vice-presidency. secondly, the deepening of the characteristics of the economic model that produced high growth in agribusiness and the livestock sector while the rest of the sectors remained stagnant and the levels of poverty and indigence increased. the final process involved the acceleration of the electoral tempo with the consequent judicial-political maneuvering and the controversial primaries of the colorado party.