Since the new government of Cartes has been in power for more than one year，all kinds of political challenges have gradually appeared，such as the domestic strike and constant parades in 2014. Labor issues have caused the support of the new president to fall and internal inconsistencies made the Partido Colorado split for interests. Though the economy grew steadily，agriculture is still the main driving force. In diplomacy，Paraguay gave up striving for the qualification of being the rotating chairman of Mercosur；the Congress approved Venezuela to join in；Cartes attended the Mercosur summit for the first time.