With Economic Growth, Paraguayans Press Cartes to Fight Crime and Corruption

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Mercedes Hoffay and Chris Sabatini

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Earlier this month, hundreds of people marched in Asuncion, demanding the resignation of Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and denouncing widespread government corruption. In an email interview, Mercedes Hoffay, a program manager at Global Americans and Christopher Sabatini, a lecturer of international and public policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the executive director of Global Americans, discuss Cartes’ leadership and politics in Paraguay.

To read the full interview, please visit World Politics Review.

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