Weekly Report - 20 August 2015 (WR-15-33)

Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes gave a televised address on 14 August to mark the second anniversary of his coming to power against a backdrop of tension within the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC). Cartes said that eradicating poverty and enhancing infrastructure were his main priorities to produce “sustainable economic and social development”. Civil society organisations argue that it is in fact corruption which is most holding back development and that the scandal surrounding the comptroller general’s office (CGR), which has caused a public outcry, shows just how endemic the problem has become.

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