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Abstract
This article analyzes Paraguayan economic elites and the construction of their political practices, based on the study of three livestock agricultural sector business organizations: the Union of Production Trade Associations, the Rural Association of Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Chamber of Exporters and Marketers of Cereals and Oilseeds. The article examines the political profile of the groups, whose original capital was economic, with the goal of shedding light on their strategies and mechanisms of politicization within the sector (initially organizing in business associations aiming to gain political influence) and outside the sector (in relation to governments and political parties). Este artículo analiza a las élites económicas paraguayas y la construcción de sus prácticas políticas, a partir del estudio de tres organizaciones empresariales del sector agropecuario-ganadero: la Unión de Gremios de la Producción, la Asociación Rural del Paraguay y la Cámara Paraguaya de Exportadores y Comercializadores de Cereales y Oleaginosas. El artículo examina el perfil político de estos grupos, cuyo capital inicial fue de carácter económico, con el objetivo de arrojar luz sobre sus estrategias y mecanismos de politización tanto dentro del sector (organización inicial en gremios empresariales con fines de influencia política) como fuera de él (en relación con los gobiernos y los partidos políticos).
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Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. The journal"s objective is to encourage class analysis of sociocultural realities and political strategies to transform Latin American sociopolitical structures. The journal makes a conscious effort to publish a diversity of political viewpoints, both Marxist and non-Marxist perspectives, that have influenced progressive debates in Latin America.