Paraguay: Indigenous Peasants’ March Challenges Latifundium and US Military Occupation

Featured image: Peasants’ demonstration in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción. Source: Nina Andrea Osorio.

Yesterday, an indigenous peasants’ march began in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, with the arrival of demonstrators from various parts of the country. It is known as the “National Mobilization for Land, Work, and Production,” which will continue until tomorrow, both in the capital and in various parts of the country. A Nova Democracia (AND) reports that up to 14 provinces across the country will be paralyzed by picket lines, and there will be rallies at 27 strategic locations.

AND explains that “The march is a cry of rebellion from a people subjected to the terror of latifundium and the surrender of national sovereignty to Yankee imperialism by the lackey government of Santiago Peña.” We previously reported that US troops were deployed in the country on January 10:

The struggle for land has intensified in a country where more than 1,400 peasant families were evicted from their lands between December 2025 and March 2026, and where more than 80 percent of the fertile land is concentrated in the hands of 2.5 percent of big landlords. We recently reported on this struggle, in which the Paraguayan State deploys its repressive forces, even authorizing the use of the armed forces within its territory:

Participants in the march currently underway are calling for a number of measures aimed at improving the situation of poor and indigenous peasants, as well as the repeal of the Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States, which allows the military presence of Yankee imperialism in the country.