Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-04-24

President Tsai Ing-wen has sent her congratulations to Paraguay’s next president, Mario Abdo Benitez.

Benitez, the candidate of the pro-business Colorado Party, won the South American country’s presidential election over the weekend and will take office in August. He will replace Horacio Cartes, also of the Colorado Party.

Benitez won with 46.4% of the vote, with 96% of ballots counted. He defeated Efrain Alegre of the center-left Ganar coalition.

The foreign ministry said Tsai’s message congratulating Benitez was passed on by Taiwan’s embassy in Paraguay.    [FULL  STORY]