As the decade wore on, Rodríguez cultivated ties with the "traditionalists" in the long-dominant Colorado Party, an element of the party that had come to favor a more humane way of governing.
As the decade wore on, Rodríguez cultivated ties with the "traditionalists" in the long-dominant Colorado Party. This element of the party had supported Stroessner throughout his three-decade rule, but had come to favor a more humane way of governing.