A month ago, President Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay narrowly escaped an impeachment vote following a series of violent protests against his administration’s pandemic response. Weeks have passed and the government has still been unable to meet people’s demands — and the health crisis is getting even worse. Authorities fear the worst of the pandemic is still ahead and vaccination campaigns are progressing at a snail’s pace — only 1.1 percent of Paraguayans have received at least one shot of immunizer so far.
The tiny landlocked nation of 7 million people has confirmed over 257,000 coronavirus infections and 5,600...
