PARAGUAY: Cutbacks and corruption

Paraguay saw a series of protests over corruption and public sector cutbacks in June and July. Anger grew after reports of corruption in the procurement of medical equipment in response to the pandemic. In response people formed a series of vehicle convoys, in which they sounded horns and flew banners from their vehicles, as a form of distanced protest. A range of civil society groups, including labour unions, was involved in the protests, in which people also expressed their disagreement with the government’s plans to privatise some key state agencies and alleged electricity overcharging.