By Juan A. Martens Molas* Sicariato is justice administration by the organized crime. It is an agile mechanism for conflict resolution that originated in the criminal market. Therefore, to understand the implications of a case we must broaden our view of the c... 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 José Duarte Penayo. The 2023 presidential race comes after a period of government marked by critical and extraordinary events, capable of substantially altering the stability of the political game. The pandemic was the main event, capable of leading to the ... More »
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 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 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 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 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 »
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 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 »