Category Archives: Paraguay

What Presidents Do Post-Coup

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

Greg has an interesting post up on the path of Latin American presidents who’ve been removed from office in recent times – Manuel Zelaya in Honduras in 2009 through a coup; Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo through a highly dubious application of … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Honduras, Latin American Politics, Mexico, Paraguay | 1 Comment

Anti-Indigenous Violence in Paraguay and Brazil

Posted on February 14, 2014 by

Anybody even remotely familiar with Latin America history is aware that indigenous peoples were subject to horrific processes of dispossession, repression, racism, and extermination throughout both the colonial and the national periods. Sadly, destroying native lands and communities in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Food, Indigenous Peoples, Paraguay

Around Latin America

Posted on November 30, 2013 by

–Dozens of Haitians are dead after the boat they were traveling on capsized as they sought to seek refuge and a new start in the wake of recent tensions and violence in the Dominican Republic. -For those who missed it, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 World Cup, Around Latin America, Border Issues, Brazil, Corruption, Cuba, Gender and Sexuality, Haiti, Human Rights Issues, Indigenous Peoples, International Relations, Labor in Latin America, Land Struggles & Issues, Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Paraguay, Protests in Latin America, Social Movements, Sports in Latin America

Today in Frightful Protest Tactics

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

Yikes:  A woman in Paraguay has climbed onto a wooden cross and had nails pounded through her hands, joining five men in a crucifixion protest that has already lasted 20 days. Bus driver Juan Villalba is leading the demonstration to … Continue reading →

Posted in Inequalities in the Americas, Labor in Latin America, Paraguay, Protests in Latin America

Beyond Brazil – Protests and Demonstrations Throughout Latin America

Posted on June 27, 2013 by

While ongoing protests in Brazil have (understandably) occupied a growing amount of space in recent days, Brazilians are not the only ones making their voices heard. In Chile, as the fight for educational reform approaches its third year, over 100,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Chile, Corruption, Costa Rica, Development in Latin America, Education in the Americas, Educational Reforms, Governance in Latin America, Latin American Politics, Paraguay, Protests in Latin America

10 Days that Shook Brazil – A Look Back

Posted on June 24, 2013 by

I have a piece up that tries to summarize the causes, events, and outcomes of the last ten days of social mobilization in Brazil up at Lawyers, Guns & Money. …the protests expanded rapidly. On Monday night (the 17th), 230,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Citizenship, Democracy in the Americas, Latin American Economies, Latin American Politics, Paraguay, Police in the Americas, Police Violence, Protests in Latin America, Social Movements

Around Latin America

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

-30,000: that is the number of families who have been relocated as Brazil has prepared for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. -New Paraguayan President and wealthy businessman Horacio Cartes is set to reform social aid to the poor, saying … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 World Cup, Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Around Latin America, Brazil, Civil Conflict in the Americas, Colombia, Gender and Sexuality, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Indigenous Peoples, Inequalities in the Americas, International Relations, Land Struggles & Issues, LGBT Rights & Issues, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Poverty, Prisoners' Rights

South American Dictatorships in Images

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Greg Weeks points to this incredible, if harrowing, collection of photos from Operation Condor. The photos were found in Paraguay’s “Archives of Terror,” which documented the deaths of tens of thousands of South Americans at the hands of military regimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Alfredo Stroessner, Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Augusto Pinochet, Bolivia, Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Chile, Human Rights Violations, Memory Struggles, Military Dictatorships, Paraguay, Peru, The "Disappeared", Uruguay, Uruguay's Military Dictatorship (1973-1985) | 1 Comment

Nietzsche’s Sister, Racism, Paraguay, and Immigration to Latin America

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

For those who missed it, this is a fascinating story: The year was 1887 when two of the best-known German anti-Semites of the time put down stakes here in Paraguay’s remote jungle with 14 German families screened for their racial … Continue reading →

Posted in Augusto Pinochet, Immigration, Latin America, Paraguay

Post-Election Paraguay – Is a Return to Mercosur Next?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

After the institutional coup against Fernando Lugo last June, politico-economic trade bloc Mercosur suspended Paraguay’s membership. The response was swift, and Horacio Cartes, who at the time was a potential candidate for president, called on Paraguay to maintain faith in … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Brazil, International Relations, Latin American Economic Relations, Latin American Foreign Relations, LGBT Rights & Issues, Mercosur/Mercosul, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela