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Street protests against the poor handling of COVID-19 last week called for the impeachment of President Mario Abdo Benitez (MAB), who sacked his health minister and two other…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260171
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The ruling Colorado Party won a resounding victory, taking control of 163 of the country’s 261 municipalities. The party retained control of the capital city, Asuncion, where it…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264732
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The new Political Financing Law.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251283
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The spat masks growing US concern over Cartes’s overwhelming domestic political power and international activities. Cartes’s dominant Colorado Party faction has been quick to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289536
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The expansion of Brazilian cartels in Paraguay.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250298
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His inaugural speech displayed commitment to a right-wing economic strategy and pro-US foreign policy. However, it omitted two potential threats to governance: renegotiation of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281359
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The administration of President Mauricio Macri is pushing the changes for the stated purpose of fighting crime and drug trafficking.
The move follows a mounting nepotism scandal known as ‘nepobabies’ -- the appointment without any open selection process of many close relatives as ‘advisers’ to politicians in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284603
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This was the largest drugs seizure in the history of Paraguay, valued at around USD240mn. In response, President Santiago Pena stressed that Paraguay was not a drug-producing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288781
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President Horacio Cartes suffered a setback in the November 15 municipal elections held in all of Paraguay's 250 municipalities. After 15 years, the ruling Colorado Party lost the…