He is also the chairman of Libertador Football Club, which won last year's Paraguayan championship.
Since neither party has a clear ideology, Paraguayan elections hinge on partisan enthusiasm and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Lugo said Paraguayan history and democracy had been "deeply wounded" by the move.
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, 60, was diagnosed with lymphoma in August 2010 but is now in remission after chemotherapy.
If the Americans expect their refusal of drugs certification to alter Paraguayan politics as they would like, they may be disappointed.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo have also battled the disease and say they are now cancer-free.
Santa Cruz figures in City manager Roberto Mancini's 25-man Premier League squad, despite much speculation that the Paraguayan striker would not.
Some are simple enough: foreigners' cars are numbered from 001, which means you are British, to 157 if you are Paraguayan.
Many Paraguayan officials have declined to comment on Lugo's latest revelation, but some said that the president had done the right thing.
The violence occurred in Curuguaty, a remote community about 240 kilometers (150 miles) northeast of the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion, near the Brazilian border.
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With tears in his eyes and the Paraguayan flag wrapped around his neck, Mr Cartes said he would be the president of all Paraguayans.
Mr Chavez's ambitions to join Mercosur (the regional integration scheme founded by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) were long blocked by the Paraguayan senate.
First the Paraguayan blazed over from 12 yards with Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia stranded, and then he headed over a brilliant Brett Emerton cross.
Whether the Vatican, which only grudgingly accepted his resignation as a bishop, let alone the Paraguayan people, will allow him to is another matter.
However, the 25-year-old Paraguayan ran out of steam in the last set and was broken in the fourth game as Kuerten closed the match out 6-3.
His team became South American champions with a mixture of solid footballing sense, good players in key positions and the traditional Paraguayan virtues of grit and teamwork.
"We will hire international experts in aerial accidents to investigate what happened in a clear and objective manner, " Paraguayan President Federico Franco said in a written statement.
Midfield strengthening has come in the shape of Wigan's Lee Cattermole and Marseille skipper Lorik Cana, while Paraguayan defender Paulo Da Silva has arrived from Mexican side Toluca.
The Mercosur free-trade area has hit another Paraguayan tradition: smuggling.
Next, with defenders once again left trailing in his wake, Di Maria again found Cardozo at the far post, and this time the Paraguayan star scored with his head.
But after modest spending and a turbulent season, which also saw their manager banned for drink driving, a late goal from Wigan's Paraguayan defender Antolin Alcaraz sealed their fate.
For example, the US requires Argentine, Chilean, Bolivian, Brazilian and Paraguayan nationals to pay a fee to visit the US, and in turn, those countries levy a charge on US travellers to their countries.
There was little doubt that Gerard Pique fouled Cardozo for the first when he clung onto the Benfica forward, but the Paraguayan's subsequent penalty was struck at a good height for Casillas.
England midfielder Gareth Barry and Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz have already joined the club this summer and Argentine forward Carlos Tevez is expected to complete his move from rivals Manchester United in the near future.
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