All posts published in September 2023
By Alhelí González Cáceres * In the article “Food Crisis, Fighting Hunger in the Bañados and the Scarce Governmental Support,” I contextualized the food crisis affecting a large part of the Paraguayan population. The focus was on the “Pykuí” Community Pot Coor... More »
*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. ... More »
*Por Jorge Rolo´n Luna Several countries experience profound effects on their economies, social dynamics, and institutional frameworks due to the complexities of drug trafficking. Paraguay, burdened by this nefarious trade, is often dubbed a “narco-state.” As ... More »
Por Mauricio Maluff* For some time now, there has been a movement in our country aiming to ban the use of the word “gender” due to its alleged association with a so-called gender ideology. Initially, the goal was to prohibit this supposed gender ideology, but ... More »
*Por Jorge Rolón Luna Throughout the decades that the drug trade has been active in Paraguay, the active involvement of state agents has become evident. We’ve seen them trafficking, facilitating, concealing, financing, associating, and even selling the suspens... More »
*Por Juan Francisco Camino While political science has delved into the factors why democracy “endures” in Latin America, Ecuador is experiencing what we might call a “survival” democracy in the face of the wave of insecurity that has taken hold in the country.... More »