Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.

Paraguay

Country in South America

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the central region of South America. It is a unitary state with a territory composed of a capital district and seventeen departments. Its capital and largest city is Asunción. Paraguay is a…

Vice President of Paraguay

The vice president of Paraguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Paraguayan government, after the president of Paraguay. The position of vice president was created with the Constitution of 1844, although it was the title given to ex…

Luis María Argaña

Paraguayan politician and jurist (1932–1999)

Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro was a Paraguayan politician and jurist. A prominent and influential member of the Colorado Party, he was a Supreme Court judge, unsuccessfully ran for the Colorado Party's nomination for president in the 1993 election and…