Emmanuel Cuevas Wins Colorado Party Primaries in Pilar, Becomes Mayoral Candidate

Emmanuel Cuevas has emerged victorious in the Colorado Party primaries in Pilar, Paraguay, securing the party's nomination for mayor in the upcoming municipal elections. Backed by Vice President Pedro Alliana, Cuevas decisively won the internal election, obtaining 6,044 votes.

His main rival, current municipal councilor Manuela González, received 1,563 votes, making Cuevas the official candidate for the Partido Colorado. The election process at the main voting center, the Regional Education Center of Pilar (CREP), proceeded normally. Preliminary data indicates that around 50% of the 14,675 eligible voters cast their ballots.

In the race for positions on the Municipal Board, unofficial results point to engineer Guillermo Souto as the leading candidate. Souto, father of deputy Fabiana Souto and father-in-law of Pedro Alliana, will head the list of council candidates after securing 1,158 votes. Other notable candidates for council seats include Lucía Silva with 985 votes and Luis Espínola with 960.

While the internal elections were generally calm in most districts of the Ñeembucú department, some incidents were reported in Alberdi and San Juan de Ñeembucú, including allegations of vote-buying and double voting. In Alberdi, incumbent mayor Nicolás Sotelo of the Honor Colorado movement won re-election.