In 2012, Paraguay's then-head of state, Fernando Lugo, was ousted by an opposition-led parliament that blamed him for a violent clash between peasants and police that left 17 people dead. Paraguay’s neighbors initially refused to recognize the new government.
Like Lugo before her, Rousseff is currently facing calls for impeachment. Opposition lawmakers in Brazil allege she violated the law and doctored the state budget to allow for more public spending ahead of her 2014 reelection.
Following the impeachment and ouster of President Lugo, Paraguay’s was suspended from both the Union of South American Nations and the Southern Common Market. The country’s membership was restored after it held a new election in April 2013.
Lugo was the first president of Paraguay in over 60 years who did not come from the right-wing Colorado Party.
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