Paraguayan president elect Cartes will visit Spain and European Union institutions

Wednesday, June 19th 2013 - 06:02 UTC

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In a strong display of support for Paraguayan president-elect Horacio Cartes, European Union ambassadors confirmed the leader will be travelling next week to Brussels, seat of the EU in what will be his first contacts out of the region. Read full article

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trenchtoast
I don't normally read the Independent, but they do have a less than glowing report on Hector;

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/horacio-cartes-millionaire-criminal-business-titanhomophobe-the-next-president-of-paraguay-8580851.html

“...His most polemical statements have centred on his admiration for the traditional Paraguayan family while comparing the LGBT community to “monkeys”. Earlier in the month he said he would “shoot myself in the b*****ks” if he were to discover a son who wanted to marry another man.”
Jun 19th, 2013 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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cornelius
Socialist in South America are the most corrupt the kill thousands of people do to lawlessness and immunity they are criminals we need to get rid of them. Cartes is the man!
Q- How many ex terrorist criminals that kill people are presidents of south americas today?
Jun 20th, 2013 - 10:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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trenchtoast
Of course I meant Horacio, not Hector, must of been thinking about something else. Its a fair point, singling out one rotten egg from a basket of arguably even rottener eggs doesn't help much.
Jun 21st, 2013 - 06:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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