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Paraguay elections: Son of ex-dictator’s aide leads race

Bloomberg Paraguay headed to the polls on Sunday, with voters set to elect a new Congress and a new president in one of the fastest-growing economies in South America. Voting stations opened at 7 am with the Electoral Tribunal expected to publish preliminary results on its website as early as 5 pm. About 4.2 million Paraguayans are registered to vote ...

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‘Respect’ from Trump could yield prisoner swap: Iran’s Zarif

Bloomberg Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested a show of respect from President Donald Trump could help yield a prisoner swap. “It is a possibility, certainly from a humanitarian perspective, but — but it requires a change of attitude,” Zarif told correspondent Margaret Brennan in an interview with CBS News’s “Face the Nation” that was expected to air in ...

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Berlusconi helicopters in as rivals seek an edge in tiny region

Bloomberg Italy’s ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi flew in by helicopter, twice in a week. His less affluent allies and rivals took to their cars to brave the roads of the mountainous southern Molise area — it doesn’t have a motorway. Italy’s political leaders, from Matteo Salvini of the euroskeptic League to Luigi Di Maio of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, have ...

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