[news] Paraguay: A Laboratory for Latin America's New Militarism

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Paraguay now illustrates three new characteristics of Latin America's right-wing militarism: joint exercises with US military in counterinsurgency training and monitoring of social organizations, the use of private mercenaries for security and the criminalization of social protest through "anti-terrorism" tactics and legislation.

  


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