Food From Paraguay

In the 1930s and 1940s, Paraguayan politics were defined by the Chaco war against Bolivia, a civil war, dictatorships, and periods of extreme political instability. Gen. Alfredo Stroessner took power in May 1954. Elected to complete the unexpired term of his predecessor, he was re-elected president seven times, ruling almost continuously under the state-of-siege provision of the constitution with support from the military and the Colorado Party. During Stroessner's 35-year reign, political freedoms were severely limited, and opponents of the regime were systematically harassed and persecuted in the name of national security and anticommunism. Though a 1967 constitution gave dubious legitimacy to Stroessner's control, Paraguay became progressively isolated from the world community. ... [Read More]

"Food Security and Safety: Key Contacts and Internet Sites" - U.S. State Department - May 2002

The National Food Processors Association (NFPA) represents the U.S. food processing industry on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters and consumer affairs. NFPA members produce processed and packaged fruit, vegetable, and grain products, meat, poultry, and seafood products, snacks, drinks and juices, or provide supplies and services to food manufacturers. ...

AMAD results from a cooperative effort by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada; the European Commission, Agriculture Directorate-General; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; the World Bank; the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. ... [Read More]

Paraguay

The Government restricted freedom of assembly during the state of exception imposed in late May after the coup attempt. The Government prohibited public gatherings of UNACE followers during the state of exception and required other groups holding meetings or demonstrations first to receive authorization from the police. The police retained the right to forbid any meeting and to demand identification from anyone participating in a meeting or demonstration. ...

Violence erupted several times during the year when police removed squatters from lands they occupied. For example, on May 10 and 11, over 400 police officers tried to remove squatters from a ranch in Caazapa using tear gas. Some shots were fired, and peasants were armed with Molotov cocktails, machetes, and scythes. ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

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Paraguay

The Constitution prohibits detention without an arrest warrant signed by a judge and stipulates that any person arrested must appear before a judge within 24 hours to make a statement; however, arbitrary arrest and detention were persistent problems. The police may arrest persons without a warrant if they catch them in the act of committing a crime, but they must notify a prosecutor. In practice the authorities did not always comply with these provisions. The main police agency is the National Police, which is under the authority of the Minister of Interior. The police were inadequately funded, poorly trained, and generally corrupt. The Government took steps to control and punish human rights violations committed by police officers; however, the police generally enjoyed impunity for their actions. There were reports that police were involved in narcotics trafficking and provided support to the more notorious kidnapping rings. Large-sca ... [Read More]

Cuba: Comparative Socio-Economic Conditions

Rationing has been a staple of Cuban life since the early 1960's. During the early1990's, Cuba's food consumption deteriorated sharply, when massive amounts of Soviet aidwere withdrawn. On its own without Soviet largesse and abundant food imports, Cubanagriculture was paralyzed by a scarcity of inputs and poor production incentives resultingfrom collectivism and the lack of appropriate price signals. In pre-Castro Cuba, bycontrast, food supplies were abundant. The 1960 UN Statistical yearbook rankedpre-Revolutionary Cuba third out of 11 Latin American countries in per capita dailycaloric consumption. This was in spite of the fact that the latest available foodconsumption data for Cuba at the time was from 1948-49, almost a decade before the otherLatin American countries' data being used in the comparison. Looking at the same group of11 countries today, Cuba ranks last in per capita daily caloric consumption, according tothe most recent data available from the UN FAO. Indeed, the data s ... [Read More]

Zenith and Eclipse: A Comparative Look at Socio-Economic Conditions in Pre-Castro and Present Day Cuba

 TABLE 3                  LATIN AMERICA: PER CAPITA [Read More]