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625:"Horacio Cartes prepara renuncia para asumir como senador en Paraguay"
769:[Pucheta will not be the first woman President of Paraguay].
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599:"Horacio Cartes será senador tras dejar la Presidencia de Paraguay"
351:"Alicia Pucheta podría asumir como vicepresidenta el miércoles"
569:"Cartes prepara renuncia para asumir como senador en Paraguay"
459:[Presidency is awarded to judge who submitted to HC].
767:"Pucheta no será la primera mujer presidenta del Paraguay"
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741:[Pucheta will not be the first woman President].
653:[Pucheta could be the first female President].
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485:"La presidencia de Pucheta como otra maniobra política"
457:"Premian con Presidencia a jueza que se sometió a HC"
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323:"Congreso Nacional aceptó la renuncia de Juan Afara"
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