Paraguay – the ‘poverty factory’
'Paraguayans are landless lodgers in their country, with no right to share in the country's production.' Fernando Martínez Escobar says that none of the candidates wanted to change the economic model that makes Paraguay a 'poverty factory'.
Old guard with a new face
A former adviser to the two left-wing parties in Paraguay argues that the fact that Horacio Cartes was new to politics, coupled with the inadequacies of the left, allowed the Colorados to appear as the new kids on the block.
Paraguay: The Impeachment of President Fernando Lugo
The President's downfall shows how hard it is to achieve change in a political system mired in the past.
Paraguay: USAID’s dubious allies
After the 2012 Curuguaty massacre it's time to question the allegiances of US agencies.
Paraguay: journalists are still threatened and killed
Press photographer shot by motorcycle assassins: the second such killing this year.
Paraguay: The President’s Bank Linked to Tax Haven
Research by ICIJ reveals that Paraguay's new president is head of a secret bank set up in the Cook Islands.
PARAGUAY: WHAT DOES CARTES’ VICTORY MEAN?
The Colorados cannot be beaten without a strong alliance. But can Cartes address the social crisis?
PARAGUAY: RURAL LEADER MURDERED
As Paraguay's first election campaign since the overthrow of Fernando Lugo gets under way, an opponent of soya monoculture is murdered
PARAGUAY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE CURUGUATY MASSACRE
The Brazilian NGO, Publica, has published a special report, which for the first time gives the peasants' version of what happened in the massacre that led to the impeachment of President Fernando Lugo earlier this year.
Paraguay Lifts Restrictions on Transgenic Corn
The Franco government has approved the cultivation of genetically modified corn and cotton, but a new movement is seeking to oppose the measure.