5 things to know this week from Latin America & Caribbean: Paraguay far-right leader arrested, Conservatives control Chilean constitutional rewrite- Paraguay far-right populist presidential candidate arrested Paraguayan police detained former presidential candidate Paraguayo Cubas on Friday, the AP reported. Cubas came in third after he received 23% of the votes in a presidential election last.
The Peruvian authorities likely violated human rights and used excessive force during the suppression of street protests in December, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said on Wednesday.
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights says Peru’s military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they should be investigated as possible extrajudicial executions and massacres