For international law professors who will be teaching the Filartiga case this fall, you may be interested to know that Paraguay recently elected a new President, Fernando Lugo, a former Roman Catholic Bishop. Lugo’s swearing in last Friday ends the
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Contraband in Paraguay
NY Times article suggesting that one fifth of Paraguay’s economy consists of smuggling, including 95% of its domestic cigarette production. (free subscription to nytimes.com required). I can attest from personal experience that fighting counterfeits in Paraguay is made more difficult…