Paraguay faces the challenge of accelerating the digital transformation in the country and continuing policies that have allowed the ICT sector to grow in recent years. “It’s a country with a good business climate despite the institutional instability. The public and private sectors have good dialogue and continuity can ensure this nationalist, conservative but also pro-private sector profile,” Andrés Piazza, co-director of digital development institute IDD-LAC, told BNamericas. The institute produced a report on the ICT proposals in the campaigns of the presidential candidates in the run-up to the general election on April 30, showing that president-elect Santiago Peña, a member of the Colorado party like current President Mario Abdo Benítez, made very little mention of the industry. The lack of proposals for the ICT sector in the electoral platforms has become "a distinctive sign of the region," Piazza said. "In the case of the president-elect, there was no definition or specific section on ICT or the digital agenda, but there were some references that we can interpret, given that this is continuity, as the government party," said Piazza. For example, the campaign mentioned strengthening public companies, so continuity is expected for state-owned telecoms operator Copaco . Peña’s electoral […]
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