Here we go. New claim.

The ashes of civil war settle; the ghost of the February Revolution hovers over the nation. Paraguay, a republic now largely in name, teeters. Now over a decade since Rafael Franco's overthrow of Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay has seen radical alteration. Franco's dictatorship only lasted a year, the presidency changing hands twice until landing into the lap of Higinio Morinigo - a fascist in all but name who spent his eight years in power attempting to suppress the nation's democratic and socialist element, only to be forced out from his office in 1948.

Now Frederico Chavez sits in Asuncion, having resisted two coup d'etats since last year. Yet still the Guion Rojo - Morinigo's old paramilitary - resist, leading civil violence against the government.

Paraguay is, in short, deeply unstable. Over a decade of dictatorship, civil war, coup, and instability have left the nation shaky. Yet still the republic stands. My plan for Paraguay is to work towards reestablishing functional democracy, national recovery, and broad stabilization.