“I’m supporting Lugo because he cared about poor people when he was bishop and I think he’s honest and won’t steal from the Paraguayan people like all the other politicians have”

By Hilary Burke

ASUNCION (Reuters) – Fernando Lugo, a mild-mannered former Roman Catholic bishop, won Paraguay’s presidential election on Sunday to end more than 60 years of one-party rule.

The center-leftist opposition leader captured 41 percent of votes to beat ruling party candidate Blanca Ovelar by 10 percentage points, official results from 92 percent of polling stations showed.

Ovelar, the first woman to run for president in Paraguay, conceded defeat on Sunday night as tens of thousands of Lugo’s supporters packed a central square in the capital Asuncion.
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