Paraguayan elections pose uncertain future for women and LGBTQ people
Source: Open Democracy
ANALYSIS: What’s at stake as Paraguay gears up for a poll tainted by misinformation and anti-rights discourse
Paraguay, a country that rarely makes international news, will hold general elections on Sunday after a campaign marked by misinformation and failures to progress discussions on women’s, children's and LGBTQ rights.
If Paraguay has been in the headlines in recent months, it has been because of sanctions launched by the US government against former president Horacio Cartes, a tobacco businessman and leader of the right-wing National Republican Association (ANR). America has accused Cartes of corruption and links to terrorism for acts committed before, during, and after his term in office, between 2013 and 2018.
Click here to read the full article published by Open Democracy on 29 April 2023.
ANALYSIS: What’s at stake as Paraguay gears up for a poll tainted by misinformation and anti-rights discourse
Paraguay, a country that rarely makes international news, will hold general elections on Sunday after a campaign marked by misinformation and failures to progress discussions on women’s, children's and LGBTQ rights.
If Paraguay has been in the headlines in recent months, it has been because of sanctions launched by the US government against former president Horacio Cartes, a tobacco businessman and leader of the right-wing National Republican Association (ANR). America has accused Cartes of corruption and links to terrorism for acts committed before, during, and after his term in office, between 2013 and 2018.
Click here to read the full article published by Open Democracy on 29 April 2023.
