Insurgency in Paraguay

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In a rare BBC report the EPP remain active:

An ambush on a military patrol in Paraguay has left at least eight soldiers dead.The country's interior minister said the soldiers had been on a routine mission when they were attacked with explosives and gunfire. Francisco de Vargas said it was likely the gunmen were part of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP). The attack took place near the village of Arroyito, some 500km (300 miles) north of the capital, Asuncion.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37206562

A March 2016 BBC Country Profile helps to understand:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19978115

Note:

Tobacco magnate Horacio Cartes won a five-year presidential term in April 2013, beating main rival and Liberal Party candidate Efrain Alegre. His victory returned the right-wing Colorado Party to the executive office it held for six decades.....Mr Cartes is one of Paraguay's wealthiest people and part of the tiny elite that controls just about everything in the country.