By Rodrigo Ibarrola After months of uncertainty, the Executive Power finally vetoed completely the Law that would have allowed service providers to deduct Value Added Tax (VAT) on purchases of food products, clothing and other items that would not usually be d... More »
By Rodrigo Ibarrola In the last few weeks, fuel prices have undergone variations, first downward, then upward, and finally downward again due to Petropar’s position of maintaining its prices. These movements were justified by the rise in the dollar exchange ra... More »
By Javier Lassalle High oil prices and public policy attempts to mitigate the effects of the rise put the fuel sector under the spotlight. Although the policy measures (such as the stabilization fund or the subsidy to Petropar) sought a temporary solution, in ... More »
Rodrigo Ibarrola The idea that eliminating the Selective Consumption Tax (ISC) on fuels will reduce the price of fuels derived from oil has been widely spread, especially in the session of the Chamber of Deputies on March 24. This is under the mistaken premise... More »
Rodrigo Ibarrola Regardless of whether or not the measurements reflect the reality of each Paraguayan household (an objective impossible to achieve faithfully), it is not unusual to question the inflation reported by the Central Bank of Paraguay, measured by t... More »
Jorge Rolón Luna * Today’s world is ruled by crooks and thieves; moreover, traffickers, pirates and smugglers are reshaping it according to their interests, affecting governments, violating societies and undermining democracies, argue Olivier Bullough and Mois... More »
By Nelson Denis. During the 1970s, various academics began to notice certain weaknesses in American foreign policy. This was the time of the American defeat in the Vietnam War, the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System, the first oil crisis, and the end of acc... More »