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Update: Paraguayans Elect Mario Abdo Benítez President

Monday, April 23, 2018 | Elizabeth Gonzalez

The former senator from the ruling Colorado Party is expected to maintain the current president’s business-friendly policies with reforms to security, education, and health. ... Read More

Five Takeaways from Paraguay's Presidential Election

Monday, April 23, 2018 | AQ Web Exclusive

The ruling party held the presidency, but a close race and poor turnout suggest challenges ahead. ... Read More

Paraguayan presidential candidates Efrain Alegre and Mario Abdo Benitez

Explainer: Paraguay's 2018 Elections

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 | Elizabeth Gonzalez

The governing party presidential candidate leads polls ahead of the April 22 election. Young voters could play a big role—if they show up. ... Read More

Film Review: Los Buscadores

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 | Americas Quarterly

Directors Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori explore one of the country's most baffling obsessions. ... Read More

A New Generation Is Changing Paraguayan Politics

Monday, December 18, 2017 | AQ Web Exclusive

While less dramatic than in the rest of Latin America, there is a transformation in Paraguay led by those born in the late 1970s and 1980s. ... Read More

How a Competitive Primary Race Could Shape Paraguay's Future

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | AQ Web Exclusive

In an election that could decide the next presidency, voters will judge an unpopular president’s legacy. ... Read More

A Timeline of 2017 and 2018 Elections in Latin America

Thursday, November 16, 2017 | Holly K. Sonneland

Latin Americans will vote for nine new presidents in two years, along with more than 2,900 legislators. ... Read More

Survivors of a Massacre in Paraguay Looking for Justice, Five Years Later

Monday, July 17, 2017 | AQ Web Exclusive

A 2012 shooting of landless campesinos and police – and its flawed investigation – continues to trouble Paraguay with its political and social repercussions. ... Read More

How Paraguay Is Finally Reckoning With Its Dark Past

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 | Americas Quarterly

The government has launched a probe of widespread sexual abuse during the last dictatorship. Will it be successful? ... Read More

Speaking Guaraní, Don Quixote Rides into Paraguay

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 | AQ Web Exclusive

The first-ever Guaraní translation of Don Quixote was recently completed, part of a growing effort by scholars and officials to embrace Paraguay’s indigenous language. ... Read More

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