If 2020 said goodbye with the Covid-19 pandemic unleashing chaos in the world, starkly showing institutional weaknesses with rampant corruption, 2021 opened with hope of the vaccine that predicted a slow recovery of normal life.
Another year goes by without the coronavirus having disappeared and with the sad realization of inequality at all levels: hoarding of vaccines by the richest countries that slowed down the equitable distribution of vaccines in the world and the economic-social impact that hit the most vulnerable ones. As never before, the role of the State was understood and capitalism as an economic system was devalued.
Paraguay says goodbye to 2021 with less than half of the population vaccinated (40%) and almost 17,000 deaths. In economic matters, it closes a year with a discreet recovery and growth forecasts estimated at 4%, but with a worrying public debt (35% of GDP) and social precariousness as a consequence of the pandemic. In politics, electoralism has taken over the stage, especially the Colorado Party, which impacts the government's progress with the consequent paralysis of any long-term project. It is a time of give and take, further weakening the management of Mario Abdo Benítez, who will...
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