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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2014 (ISSN 1741-4431)
PARAGUAY: Public transport dilemma puts Cartes in a tight spot
Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes may be wishing that he had been more careful with his words when during his inauguration speech last August he paraphrased Pope Francis and called on people to “kick up a fuss” if his new government failed to meet expectations. Five months on, the novice president has come under pressure to reverse a decision to raise public transport fares. Yet despite public demonstrations, Cartes insists that there is no alternative to resolve the deep crisis in the country’s public transport sector.
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