By José Tomás Sánchez With the simultaneous political party primaries on December 18, 2022, an important step was taken on the road to the general elections of 2023. In these internal elections, the elections held in the Colorado Party, the National Concertati... More »
By Pablo Daniel Magee It all started when I followed Dr. Martin Almada to Chile, as part of my research on Operation Condor in Latin America. After the ceremony in which he was given the key to the City of Santiago for his fundamental contribution to the cause... More »
By Marcos Pérez Talia Last Sunday, December 18, the elections of the opposition, or Concertación, were held with an open electoral roll. It was an unprecedented event in the Paraguayan democratic history since any voter, regardless of his affiliation, could vo... More »
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 Marcos Pérez Talia In the first installment of these two articles we explored the different levels of participation in the PLRA internal elections, and we showed that there is a pattern that explains the mechanics of participation, which is related to being... More »
By José Tomás Sánchez Innovation is incessant transformation. Although the need to “innovate” is usually part of the conventional discourse, the truth is that innovation is not a romantic process since it alters lives. Strictly speaking, innovation is another... 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 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 Marcos Pérez Talia It is not controversial to say that the PLRA is the most important party of the Concertación. Its history, its number of members and voters, and its vast party structure made up of parliamentarians, governors, mayors, and councilmen throu... 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 Rodrigo Ibarrola In the previous issue we had discussed the supposed lack of interest of young people (people between 18 and 29 years old) in participating in electoral elections. Making some population adjustments in the estimation of electoral participati... More »