The Paraguay Post

The Paraguay Post

The Village Under Siege

A wave of violent evictions is rocking rural Paraguay.

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Laurence Blair
Mar 26, 2025
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Photo: Cuarta Capital

Around 7am on January 14, members of Edilson Mercado – a community of campesinos, landless farmers, in eastern Paraguay – gathered to watch as the dirt track to their village was

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