But President Nicanor Duarte Frutos has attempted to calm a recent wave of peasant protests by encouraging last-minute talks between campesino leaders and the government. Some critics believe that Duarte’s populist rhetoric triggered the land invasions by campesinos, while other …
Category Archive: Paraguay
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EU-Mercosur Free Trade: U.S., a Third Wheel?
• The European Union and Mercosur are lurching closer towards finalizing a free trade agreement. • In trade talks that have gestated for almost a decade, the EU and Mercosur have each made serious concessions in order to reach a …
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