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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Alfredo stroessner - Caught on Camera

How Paraguay became a bastion of conservatism in Latin America

Paraguay hosted the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering of the global right, for the first time in mid-September. In attendance were members of US president Donald Trump’s inner circle, including his long-term foreign policy advisor Richard Grenell, and President Javier Milei of Argentina.

The Conversation

For Paraguay’s transgender women, survival often means leaving home

Transgender women in Paraguay often flee their homes at a young age to escape abuse, stigma and the absence of legal protections, turning to sex work and migration to survive

The Independent UK

Madame Lynch: how an Irish woman joined the ranks of Paraguay’s heroes

Eliza Lynch was at her warlord partner’s side in a cataclysmic war and died in obscurity in Paris but is now being honoured – although not without controversy

The Guardian - US

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Takeaways from AP's reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay

Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts

The Independent UK

Paraguay's disappeared: A dictator's shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight

Paraguayans’ mission to search for loved ones feels less visible and more challenging than others in Latin America

The Independent UK

Alarm over new law giving Paraguay powers to crack down on NGOs

Activists condemn law and liken it to civil society crackdowns in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Hungary and Russia

The Guardian - US

Guapo’y review – the scars of Paraguay’s past revealed through healing plants

Shattering documentary about inhabitants of the notorious Emboscada prison under Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship is a warning against a repeat

The Guardian - UK

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Paraguay Policeman Gets 30-year Sentence For Dictatorship Torture

A Paraguayan court has sentenced an 87-year-old former policeman to 30 years in jail for brutal torture carried out during the country's military dictatorship, according to the ruling released on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Paraguayan Policeman On Trial For Torture Meted Out Decades Ago

Five decades ago, he was a feared policeman nicknamed "the Whip," an enforcer of Paraguay's military dictatorship.

International Business Times

Paraguay's Ciudad del Este: Efforts to force a busy informal commercial hub to follow global trade rules have only made life harder for those eking out a living

Paraguay’s Ciudad del Este is a busy South American contraband hub where scrappy Paraguayan vendors and Brazilian traders mix with businessmen from places as far away as Lebanon and South Korea. This hive of activity moves billions of dollars’ worth of consumer goods – everything from smartphones to whiskey.

The Conversation

A Big Issue in Paraguay's Elections Was…Taiwan?

The voters opted to keep the country's ties with the island—a remarkable choice, given that China has become South America's top trading partner.

Reason

The world is addicted to soy — in Paraguay, these farmers pay the ultimate price

In landlocked Paraguay, residents of a farming colony struggle to survive as soy monocultures choke the ecosystem and pesticides poison both the soil and the people.

Inverse

Why yerba mate may be one of Paraguay’s greatest gifts — or its curse

Yerba mate’s roots in indigenous Guaraní culture are obscured today by a rapidly expanding industry. The drink has similar caffeine content to coffee, but some studies suggest it has a higher antioxidant quotient than green tea.

Inverse

‘It left a scar’: search for victims digs up legacy of Paraguay’s dictatorship

Survivors of a notorious massacre in 1980 have returned to aid an effort to recover the bodies of murdered farmers

The Guardian - US

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