After several days of roadblocks, Indigenous communities achieved their goal. We spoke with Paraguayan journalist Amado Arrieta to learn more about the context and development of the protest.
The protests on September 28 denounced corruption and insecurity. The government responded with a heavy hand.
Activists and relatives of the girls have complained that the Paraguayan state has taken no action to hold the perpetrators responsible for the crimes.
As the conservative economist Peña took office, hundreds of citizens took to the streets to reject the neoliberal economic policies promoted and implemented by the Colorado Party during the past eight decades of its government
Peña’s victory means that the Colorado Party will continue to govern Paraguay, which has been in power for almost eight decades and is tainted with graft allegations
Presidential and parliamentary elections are set to be held in Paraguay on April 30. The ruling Colorado Party is facing a stiff challenge from an opposition alliance called the Coalition for a New Paraguay
The workers of the Attorney General’s Office are protesting the budget cuts announced in the ministry for 2022. The unions have condemned that the reduction in budget will affect various areas of its competence in addition to its daily functioning
Since Monday, doctors, Indigenous people, peasants and teachers have been mobilizing against different policies of president Mario Abdo Benítez’s government
The unions associated with these diverse sectors are demanding compliance with different agreements reached with the far-right government of president Mario Abdo Benítez
14-year-old Carmen Elizabeth Oviedo Villalba, also known as Lichita, was illegally detained by the Joint Task Force (FTC) of the Paraguayan army on November 30, 2020, in the forest region of the Yby Yaú city. Lichita has disappeared since then
Protests intensify across Paraguay to demand the resignation of the president and his cabinet over the deepenning public health, economic and social crisis
Since March 5, thousands of Paraguayans have been mobilizing in different cities of the country in rejection of the national government’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the deepening of economic crisis and social inequality
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