US Sanctions Paraguayan Tobacco Firm for Funding Ex-President Cartes

The Treasury and State Departments target Tabacalera del Este for continuing financial support to the controversial former leader.

• The sanctions accuse Tabacalera del Este of funneling millions to Horacio Cartes despite his previous blacklisting.
• Cartes, who served as president from 2013 to 2018, allegedly paid bribes and maintained ties with Hezbollah.
• The US aims to curb Cartes's financial benefits and promote anti-corruption reforms in Paraguay.
• Cartes denies the corruption allegations, labeling them as politically motivated.
• The Treasury's actions are part of broader efforts under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

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