By Alejandra Del Puerto* The Observatory of Judicial Cases and, specifically, the section of Emblematic Cases of Corruption (Observatory, hereinafter), is an initiative promoted by civil society and installed by the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) to strengthen... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna* The model of policing that has emerged in Paraguay since the end of Stronismo, and the constitutional and legal reforms that followed, can be characterized as a “briefcase model“. I call this a way of organizing the actions of the police i... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna* Last June 24, D. G. was arriving at his home in San Rafael del Paraná when he was hit by close range bullets. On the way to the nearest hospital, he stopped breathing. Up to this point it could be just another violent episode, just another... More »
By Marcos Pérez Talia. Throughout the 20th century, the heads of Latin American executive powers fell mainly because of military interventions. After the third wave of democratization, which began four decades ago, the early fall of presidents continued to occ... More »
By Rodrigo Ibarrola It is no secret that former Minister of the Interior and the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD), Arnaldo Giuzzio, and former President Horacio Cartes are enemies. The first one disclosed the alleged mechanism used for the laundering of ... More »
By Andres Carrizosa * Recently, the U.S. ambassador to Paraguay, Marc Ostfield, shocked the Paraguayan political establishment by publicly designating three Paraguayan citizens as “significantly corrupt.” Among those accused were Horacio Cartes—Par... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna* In a previous article it was stated that homicide is the worst and most extreme form of censorship. It represents the clash between the most radical censorship and the right to information, the exercise of which is the precondition for dem... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna* According to the United Nations World Drug Report 2022, around 284 million people aged between 15 and 64 used drugs worldwide in 2020 (an increase of 26% compared to the previous decade). Youth drug use also grew, surpassing the previous g... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna* The use of consciousness-altering substances should be a health issue. And this, it should be added, when such use is considered “problematic”. Drug use does not always have that character; in other words, it does not always affect a perso... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna In 1875, the Mayor’s Office of San Francisco (USA) issued a ban on opium dens, marking, perhaps, the initiation of an offensive model against consciousness-altering substances that is still in force today. 147 years later, the same country ... More »
By Rodrigo Ibarrola A little over a year ago, the Center for Analysis and Dissemination of the Paraguayan Economy (CADEP), the best think tank in the country, 17th in the region and 68th in the world (in international economic policy), highlighted the excess p... More »
By Rodrigo Ibarrola A few days ago we had published the data of the National Police that refuted the allegations made by the senator of the Patria Querida party, Fidel Zavala, regarding the reports of trespassing. The data revealed that, in fact, these did not... More »