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Paraguay: “I was born Colorado, and I will die Colorado”

Supporters attend a rally backing the Colorado party in Paraguay.

Last night I attended my first political rally put on by the Colorado party, the party that has ruled Paraguay since 1947 making it the oldest government in the world. Never before have I seen such blatant puppeteering.

Close to 1000 people squeezed into the tiny courtyard headquarters of the Colorado Sectional in Itapua's Cornell Bogado...