PARAGUAY FINALLY PUT AN END TO 61 YEARS of rule by the Colorado Patty, formerly the world's longest-serving party in power, in presidential elections on April 20. Despite pre-election polls that consistently predicted an opposition victory, a palpable sense of disbelief, as well as euphoria, swept the country as the election results were announced. The country now suddenly finds itself in uncharted territory, a new era, in its prolonged transition to democracy. Having seen a successful challenge to the established interests that had dominated political life, it now faces the prospect of a first-ever peaceful alternation of power, and equally important, the possibility of far-reaching ...