Justice Restored: U.S. Treasury Lifts Unjust Sanctions on Paraguay’s Horacio Cartes

In a striking reversal that exposes troubling questions about accountability and overreach, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has lifted the sanctions against former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes. These punitive measures had frozen his assets in the United States and barred transactions with American citizens since January 2023, based on allegations of "significant acts of corruption." But as of this week, those restrictions were suspended, signaling a recognition that justice must be grounded in facts rather than political expediency. How Long Will Washington’s Overreach Undermine Sovereign Allies? Cartes’ ordeal began not long after Washington revoked his...