*Por Jorge Rolón Luna
While disagreements regarding specific and operational definitions affect many concepts, ranging from “democracy” to “corruption” the term “narco-state” is aggravated by what criminologist Stanley Cohen called the “Mickey Mouse” concept. That is a superficial, imprecise, and even absurd notion frequently and frivolously used. I argue that it’s not an appropriate concept to describe the Paraguayan case because it hinders understanding the problem and finding a solution to the issues caused by drug trafficking.