Frente Guasú, a coalition of political parties and social organisations, announced on Friday they would be restructuring the movement, and former president Fernando Lugo would become the new leader of the bloc.

In the restructuring, they reiterated that the aim of the movement would be to continue to fight against the government of current president Federico Franco, who took power after Lugo was deposed in a parliamentary coup d’êtat in June.

The impeachment process lasted less than 48 hours after Lugo was accused of not performing his duties in the aftermath of violent clashes between police and farmers that left 17 dead on 15th June. One day later, 39 (out of 45) senators supported the motion, and Lugo was removed from office.

His desposition was heavily criticised by other Latin American leaders and UNASUR, and led to the temporary suspension of Paraguay from Mercosur.

Frente Guasú is a coalition of left and centre-left parties in Paraguay that was founded in 2010. It is composed of the Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) and the Espacio Unitario - Congreso Popular (EU-CP).