In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

The chairman of this country's Communist Party was dismembered with a chainsaw while its military dictator listened on the phone, and a different military dictator of this country ordered his 70-year-old mother flogged in public after he learned he'd been born out of wedlock. Following civil unrest between tenant farmers and landowners and an extra-constitutional action in this country's senate, Fernando Lugo was overthrown as president of this country in 2012. The most vilified leader of this country was a paramour of Eliza Lynch who shouted "I die with my nation!" at the Battle of Cero Cora. The likely victory of Horacio Cartes in this country's upcoming presidential election would return power to the major 20th century party in this nation, once led by Alfredo Stroessner. For 10 points, name this South American country which Francisco Solano Lopez led into the War of the Triple Alliance, with capital Asuncion.
History