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A pattern of indirect censorship is emerging in Paraguay, where powerful political and economic figures use legal injunctions to judicialize and block requests for access to public information.
A new form of indirect censorship is emerging in Paraguay, where figures with significant economic and political power use judicial tools to obstruct press work. This pattern manifests through injunction appeals that seek to prevent the State from releasing information considered public. Investigative journalist Alfredo Guachiré has documented how these mechanisms are transforming into a systematic barrier against transparency.
The most recent case involves civil judge Marcelo Rocholl, who granted an injunction filed by the company Laser Import S.A. The judicial resolution orders the Ministry of Economy and Finance to refrain from disclosing any document or record concerning said firm. This measure directly affects a public information access request made by Guachiré regarding shareholders Antonio Juan Bautista Vierci and Ana María Yakisich de Vierci.
The communicator’s request was limited to requiring public data about companies integrated by the mentioned businesspeople, without including private information or financial statements. However, by accepting the injunction, the Judiciary validates a restriction contrary to the transparency principle established by Law 5282/14, a regulation that guarantees citizen access to public information.
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