Paraguay's presidential pre-candidate Mario Abdo Benitez of the Colorado party celebrates with supporters at his headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Valdez
ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayan Senator Mario Abdo Benitez, a lawmaker with ties to a former Paraguayan dictator, won the ruling Colorado Party's presidential primary on Sunday in a sharp rebuke for President Horacio Cartes, the party's flagbearer.
Abdo, the son of former dictator Alfredo Stroessner's private secretary, beat out ex-finance minister Santiago Pena, a young economist and Cartes' hand-picked successor, in a surprise outcome that followed increasing dissatisfaction with Cartes, who has been in power since 2013.
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