Question: Recently, Mario Abdo Benitez was elected the new president of which of the countries?
(a) Uruguay
(b) Paraguay
(c) Norway
(d) Sweden
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On April 22nd, 2018 Conservative former Senator Mario Abdo Benitez was elected the new President of Paraguay.
- He is from the ruling Colorado Party.
- He got 46.46 percent of the votes in the presidential election.
- While the Authentic Radical Liberal Party’s Efrain Alegre received 42.73 percent of the vote.
- His five-year term will start from August 15, 2018.
- In this post, he will replace the current President Horacio Cartes. The capital of Paraguay is Asuncion.
- Its currency is Guarani.
Reference:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43861104
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/paraguay-ruling-party-candidate-mario-abdo-benitez-wins-presidential-election/article23643385.e
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/paraguay-election-mario-abdo-benitez-victory