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Paraguay is governed under the 1992 constitution. The president, popularly elected, serves a five-year term and cannot be reelected. The legislature has two houses, a 45-member senate and an 80-member chamber of deputies. The two main parties, both conservative, are the Colorado party, which has governed since 1948, and the Authentic Radical Liberal party. Other groups include the National Encounter party, the Febreista Revolutionary party, the Christian Democratic party, and the outlawed Communist party.
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