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The proposed EU-Mercosur deal would guarantee cheap beef and lock in further deforestation. But our new research shows it is possible to transform trade for the better.
Mennonites settled in Paraguay’s arid Chaco forest a century ago, fleeing religious persecution. Their agricultural success is now driving deforestation, social change and rapid development.
In the last century, several South American countries faced coups, military dictatorships and social uprisings. Despite economic improvements in recent years, the continent remains mired in unrest.
Yerba mate is a wildly popular South American tea with a growing global market. Can this ‘superfood’ save Paraguay’s tropical forests, too?
The cleared land of Paraguay’s Chaco forest produces everyday products like charcoal and leather that are sold abroad to consumers who may never know the unsavory origins of their purchases.
The history of Paraguay’s role in the global illicit tobacco trade, and its implications.
Paraguay’s conservative president-elect Mario Abdo narrowly won the April 22 election. His father was the private secretary for dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who brutally ruled Paraguay for 35 years.
The combination of knowledge and communication, along with a few other fundamental conditions such as liberty and respect , leads to social, cultural and technological development.
Cities have always been more than a dense collection of people. They are labs of innovation, hotbeds of crime and inequality, architectural stunners, decaying ruins and everything in between.
Many in the US are celebrating LGBTQ rights for Gay Pride Month. But data show that most countries, including the US, need to do much more to protect sexual minorities.
The heist and free trade are just opposite sides of the same coin.
Too many able-bodied Paraguayans are underemployed, fuelling frustration and entrenching inequality.
One protester was killed and several senators bloodied as Paraguayans rebelled against what they consider an unconstitutional attempt to extend President Horacio Cartes’ term.
Paraguay remains divided over whether to allow former presidents to run for reelection, and time is running out to decide who can – and cannot – declare their candidacy for the 2018 election.
Paraguay doesn’t allow presidents to be reelected, but three of the five candidates setting their sights on 2018 are current or former heads of state.
The strange and enlightening tale of a South American dictator who tried to prevent white people from marrying other white people.
A professor of literature who is also a poet tackles the issue of the inroads technology has made in the relationship between teacher and learner.
World Cup qualifiers in South America are renowned for their ferocity. For Uruguayans, there is more at stake than national pride. Even a “friendly” against Argentina or Brazil is a chance for revenge…
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Professor of Comparative Politics, Universidad Católica de Asunción
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Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
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Researcher in Conservation Decision Science and Land Use, University of Oxford
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Distinguished Teaching Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, State University of New York Oswego
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Senior Lecturer, School of Archaeology and Anthropology; Director, Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of Political Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Professor, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University
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Researcher at CONICET. Coordinator of the Group of Social Studies on Paraguay at the Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Research, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Professor of Government and Chair of the Government Department, Franklin & Marshall College
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Director of the Center for Opinion Research, Franklin & Marshall College
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