Society

We Posted About Criadazgo Weeks Ago. The Stories Haven’t Stopped.

An outpouring of trauma and resilience. Plus: the coup against Cartes, warnings over a banking crisis, and Peña in Venezuela.

Sep 24 • Laurence Blair and Daniel Duarte Braga

Striking Doctors, Missing Medicines: Paraguay’s Hospitals on Life Support

The Weekly Post | 02.09.26

Sep 2 • Laurence Blair and Daniel Duarte Braga

Criadazgo: La explotación infantil “tan paraguaya como el tereré”

Casi 50.000 niñas y niños paraguayos padecen esta práctica de trabajo doméstico forzoso. Un creciente movimiento de jóvenes y sobrevivientes busca…

Aug 31 • Romina Aquino González

Criadazgo: Child Exploitation, “As Paraguayan as Tereré”

Nearly 50,000 Paraguayan children work as unpaid, live-in servants in other people's homes. A growing movement is fighting to end the practice.

Aug 31 • Romina Aquino González

Paraguay's World Cup Exit Sparks International Racism Row

The Weekly Post | 08.07.26

Jul 8 • Laurence Blair

Burning Judas Season: Paraguay's Ritual of Mock Justice

The Weekly Post | 24.06.26

Jun 24 • Laurence Blair and Daniel Duarte Braga

Los paraguayos costureros de São Paulo

Lejos de casa, sin derechos —pero con trabajo. El sueño paraguayo se cose en Brasil.

Jun 12 • Josué Congo

El sueño venezolano en Paraguay: Volver a casa

El restaurante de Yexis Guzmán es como un pedacito del Caribe en Capiatá.

Jun 11 • Josué Congo

Bolsonaro Billboards Provoke Protests in Paraguay

The Weekly Post | 03.06.26

Jun 3 • Laurence Blair

¿Bienvenidos al paraíso? Los extranjeros que eligen Paraguay como nuevo hogar

Cifras récord de inmigrantes buscan refugio e impuestos bajos en el país sudamericano. Pero, ¿por qué un millón de paraguayos ya se fueron?

May 8 • Laurence Blair and Josué Congo

Welcome to Paradise? Meet the Foreigners Flocking to Paraguay

Record numbers are seeking a fresh start in South America's hidden heartland. So why have a million locals left?

May 8 • Josué Congo and Laurence Blair

Latin America’s Baby Boom Is Over. Is Paraguay Prepared?

The Weekly Post | 29.04.26

Apr 29 • Laurence Blair and Daniel Duarte Braga

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