Famous Paraguayan Women

Birthdate: September 2, 1957

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Concepción, Paraguay

Paraguayan politician Blanca Ovelar became the first woman in the history of Paraguayan politics to run for President. She was nominated by the Colorado Party for president in the April 2008 presidential election. Ovelar however lost to Fernando Lugo of the Patriotic Alliance for Change thus marking end of the Colorado Party’s 61 years of continuous hold on the presidency.