Paraguay’s business-friendly leader urged to veto ‘black mark’ law

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Investors call for President Santiago Peña to veto bill backed by his political sponsor aimed at tightening government grip on civil society

Paraguay’s conservative president Santiago Peña faces pressure from investors and diplomats to veto a contentious law backed by allies of the country’s most powerful man, who helped propel Peña himself to power.

Peter Hansen, president of the American-Paraguayan chamber of commerce, said the law was “an intrusion on private organisations and private flows of money” and “a black mark on the image of Paraguay .” But analysts say vetoing the bill would be risky for Peña, who lacks his own legislative base and relied on Cartes’s endorsement to become the Colorado party’s candidate in last year’s elections.

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