Paraguay’s national land and rural development institute (Indert) has long been synonymous with government corruption. For decades the entity tasked with carrying out an agrarian reform and promoting the development of rural communities through the redistribution of agricultural lands has been the source of corruption scandals involving the irregular sale of lands and illicit enrichment of Indert officials. For all the familiar promises made by President Mario Abdo Benítez that his Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) administration would stamp out government corruption, recent developments suggest that things at Indert have not improved and, more worryingly, that they are likely to remain the same for the foreseeable future.End of preview - This article contains approximately 639 words.
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