Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez is leading a delegation to Taiwan next week amid concerns that the South American country might sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan after the upcoming elections. The incumbent President of the ruling Colorado Party is ineligible to run for re-election.
Efrain Alegre, the presidential candidate for the opposition Authentic Radical Liberal Party, said in January that if he won the election in April, Paraguay would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and instead establish relations with China. But Santiago Pena, for the ruling party, has vowed to maintain Paraguay’s diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
