The Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA),generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party,is a centrist political party in the United States,founded in 1995 by Ross Perot.
The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance movement. It is the oldest existing third party in the United States and the third-longest active party.
Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos is a Paraguayan lawyer,journalist and politician who served as the 47th President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008. A member of the Colorado Party,he became the central figure of Paraguayan politics during his presidency.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4,2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama,the junior senator from Illinois,and Joe Biden,the senior senator from Delaware,defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain,the senior senator from Arizona,and Sarah Palin,the governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American to be elected to the presidency. This was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor vice president was on the ballot,as well as the first election since 1928 in which neither ran for the nomination.
The Libertarian National Convention is held every two years by the Libertarian Party to choose members of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC),and to conduct other party business. In presidential election years,the convention delegates enact a platform and nominate the Libertarian presidential and vice-presidential candidates who then face the nominees of other parties in the November general election.
The National Republican Association,also known as the Colorado Party,is a conservative political party in Paraguay,founded on 11 September 1887 by Bernardino Caballero. Since 1947,the colorados,as they are known,has been dominant in Paraguayan politics and has controlled the presidency since 1948 –notwithstanding a brief interruption between 2008 and 2013–as well as having a majority in both chambers of Congress and department governorships.
Luis Ángel González Macchi is a Paraguayan politician who served as the 46th President of Paraguay from 1999 to 2003. He was not elected to the presidency but rather assumed it after the assassination of Vice President Luis María Argaña and the subsequent resignation of President Raúl Cubas,as he was the President of the Senate at the time. A member of the Colorado Party,González Macchi served in both houses of the Paraguayan Congress prior to his presidency.
Lino César Oviedo Silva was a Paraguayan army officer and politician,who was the leader of the National Union of Ethical Citizens,which split from the Colorado Party in 2002.
Earl Farwell Dodge Jr. was an American politician who served as the Prohibition Party's chairman and presidential candidate from the 1984 to 2000 presidential elections and later ran with the nomination of his own faction during the 2004 presidential election.
In the United States Electoral College,a faithless elector is generally a party representative who does not have faith in the election result within their region and instead votes for another person for one or both offices,or abstains from voting. As part of United States presidential elections,each state legislates the method by which its electors are to be selected. Many states require electors to have pledged to vote for the candidates of their party if appointed. The consequences of an elector voting in a way inconsistent with their pledge vary from state to state.
The National Union of Ethical Citizens is a right-wing populist political party in Paraguay.
The National Encounter Party is a political party in Paraguay.
General elections were held in Paraguay on 20 April 2008. Elections were held for the presidency,45 senators,80 representatives,17 governors and Paraguay's members in the Mercosur Parliament.
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously,he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop,serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005. He was elected as president in 2008,an election that ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.
Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez is a Paraguayan politician of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party. He was vice president from 2000 to 2002,served as senator from 1998 to 2003,and was presidential candidate for the Authentic Radical Liberal Party in the 2003 election,losing to Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party. He was elected to the Senate again in 2008.
Blanca Margarita Ovelar de Duarte is a Paraguayan teacher and politician,currently serving as senator since 2013.
General elections were held in Paraguay on 27 April 2003. The presidential elections were won by Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party,who received 38.3% of the vote. In the Congressional elections,the Colorado Party won 37 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 16 of the 45 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 64.3% in the presidential election,64.2% in the Senate election and 64.1% in the Chamber of Deputies election.
Francisco Arcidio Oviedo Brítez is a Paraguayan politician from the Colorado Party. He served as 27th Vice President of Paraguay from 21 November 2007 to 15 August 2008.
The Marzo paraguayo was a political crisis that occurred in Paraguay because of the assassination of the then-Vice President Luis María Argaña on 23 March 1999. The opposition blamed the then-President,Raúl Cubas Grau,and also the strongman of Paraguayan politics of that time,Lino Oviedo,for the assassination. Argaña's assassination provoked a series of demonstrations by opponents and supporters to Oviedo and the Cubas government,which culminated in clashes in which seven demonstrators opposed to the government died,which resulted in the resignation of Cubas from the presidency.
