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 »
By Marcos Pérez Talia In a recent article, we recovered the argument of Pierre Rosanvallon who examined the principles of legitimacy of democratic governments. According to the French sociologist, throughout the twentieth century a democratic system of dual le... More »
By Javier Lassalle. The National Concertation “For a New Paraguay” suffered some schisms when the presidential pre-candidatures were made official. Cruzada Nacional de Paraguayo Cubas and part of Frente Guasu withdrew from it and will go to the general electio... More »
By Rodrigo Ibarrola The low voting participation of young people under 30 is frequently mentioned as one of the reasons why electoral results always end up favoring party structures. In this hypothesis, it is stated -almost mystically- that if young people wer... More »
By Marcos Pérez Talia There is a certain consensus in the academic world that something is happening to democracies in all latitudes. Different authors, from different areas of the social sciences, have been warning about a crisis of democracy, whether in term... More »
By Rodrigo Ibarrola On July 8, the Superior Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) finally aknowledged the National Concertation. In the same act, it also resolved the controversy over the use of the Permanent Civic Registry (RCP) for the formation of the electoral... More »
By Jorge Rolón Luna The agreement of a large sector of the opposition to the governing party has resulted in the creation of the Concertation to compete in the 2023 presidential elections. This Concertation intends to use the Permanent Civic Registry (RCP) as ... More »
By Marcos Pérez Talia Now that the Concertation, as a legal figure, has become unobjectionable to the opposition, new disagreements arise regarding the type of election of the presidential candidacy. When it seemed that the internal election by open register ... More »
By Fernando Martínez Escobar Among the political forces that make up the recently created Concertation, there are basically two positions in relation to the conformation of the lists for the Senate; one seeks to present a unified list and the other to maintain... More »
By Javier Lassalle In the previous post I expressed the need for practicality in the agreement for the presidential and gubernatorial positions, justified by the fact that the NRA remains at levels close to 50% for those positions. More »
By Javier Lassalle Most of the political parties in Paraguay are in the process of electoral union through an alliance that would compete against the ANR in the elections of 2023. The invitation to the formation of the coalition includes actors of the entire i... More »
By Ma. del Pilar Abente Lahaye This article is a continuation of the first in the series “Parity in the PLRA“, which explained how the process to approve gender parity in the party bylaws was carried out. In this article we will discuss what this initiative co... More »