This study challenges the common view that low agricultural prices drive peasant unrest by documenting a surge in peasant resistance during a period of relatively high—and at times volatile—crop prices in Paraguay. The analysis uses unique municipal-level data covering 2000–2014 to link market conditions, technological change, and land conflicts.
Political candidates across the globe increasingly lean on anti-corruption rhetoric, but when do those appeals actually move voters? Sofia Vera tackles this question in the context of Paraguay, a country with frequent corruption scandals, asking whether anti-corruption promises boost electoral support and whether voters reward candidates with clean disciplinary records.
Challenging conventional views, this study argues that war outcomes significantly influenced postwar state formation in Latin America.