Pedro Servin, Associated Press Updated 11:13 pm, Friday, April 20, 2018
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) The son of a top aide to late Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner is expected to easily win Sunday's presidential election, promising to continue the country's strong economic growth with business-friendly policies.
Mario Abdo Benitez's father was the private secretary of Stroessner, who ruled the landlocked South American country with an iron fist from 1954-1989. Known as "Marito," the 46-year-old Abdo Benitez is running for ruling Colorado party, which was once led by the late dictator.
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Both candidates have similar platforms, promising to attract foreign investment to create jobs in an economy that has been one of the fastest-growing in the region but still suffers from high poverty levels and extreme inequality.
Paraguay's economy has been growing annually by about 6 percent over the past five years. But the country suffers from endemic corruption, poverty affects nearly 29 percent of its population and
about 80 percent of all lands are in the hands of just 2 percent of its population, according to estimates by the aid agency Oxfam Intermon.
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