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Among the long list of countries I know next-to-nothing about, South America’s land-locked Paraguay has always been one of the most interesting to me. It doesn’t seem that the BBC knows much more about the country than I do — maybe that’s just their style — but this is probably good news:

Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo has won Paraguay’s presidential election, ending more than six decades of rule by the Colorado Party.

With results declared in most polling stations, Mr Lugo has 41% of the vote.

His main rival, Blanca Ovelar of the Colorado Party, has 31% and former army chief Lino Oviedo 22%.