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A Special Supplement: The Theory and Practice of American Political Intelligence
Such ideological stereotypes give intelligence a powerful bias against movements of protest from the center leftward. To be sure, a handful of ultra-rightist groups such as the Klan and the Minutemen are also under surveillance, but for political intelligence, the presumption of innocence is largely confined to the defenders of the status quo. For individuals and groups committed to social or political protest, the presumption is reversed:24 Peaceful, nonviolent activity must be constantly scrutinized because it may turn out to be a vital clue to a vast subversive conspiracy.
While intelligence is developing new clandestine activities, it is also becoming highly visible. American political activity is plagued by an intelligence "presence" which demoralizes, intimidates, and frightens many of its targets—and is intended to do so. And it is not merely a "presence." A variety of sanctions are improvised to punish politically objectionable subjects. These include "information management" (such as inclusion on the "ten most wanted" list), press leaks, harassment, prosecution on drug charges, legislative inquisition, physical violence, the vandalizing of cars, black-listing, the refusal to give police protection when needed, illegal searches and raids on pretexts.
One prevailing assumption of intelligence officers is that "subversion" is financed and supported by respectable "front" institutions (churches, foundations, and universities, for example) and individuals (such as lawyers). Special pressures are brought by intelligence agencies to cut off such suspected subsidies—for example, J. Edgar Hoover's attacks on white contributors to Black Panther defense funds and the listing by the House Internal Security Committee of honoraria paid to liberal and radical campus speakers.
Intelligence is thus becoming an end in itself, rather than an investigative means—a transformation all too clearly reflected in the encouragement of FBI agents to confront subjects in order to "enhance" their "paranoia," as one of the Media documents states. But its claim to be conducting a never-ending investigation into some future unspecified threat to the national security is consistently used to legitimize its expansion. Few want to shackle the police in their hunt for wrongdoers, especially those who threaten the safety of the Republic. Why should one question a "mere" investigation, even if tons of constitutional ore may have to be excavated in order to find a single subversive nugget?
What are the standards that intelligence agencies must follow for selecting subjects of surveillance, for the techniques they use or the data they develop? In fact, there are no effective standards, and there are no effective authorities in this country to insist on such standards. Every surveillance unit claims its own authority to deal with "subversion" or "subversive activities," terms which mean whatever the agency wants them to mean. The head of the Chicago intelligence unit, Lt. Joseph Healy, summed up the matter when he testified at the conspiracy trial that his squad maintained surveillance over "any organization that could create problems for the city or the country." That Army Intelligence took the same view is shown by recent disclosures that it was snooping into a virtually unlimited range of civilian activity.
In most cases, the jurisdiction to engage in political intelligence activities is wholly improvised. This is true not merely of many local agencies but of the FBI itself. The authority the FBI claims it has to stalk nonconformists can be justified neither by its law enforcement powers nor by its domestic spy-catching jurisdiction. The latter, in fact, is based on an obscure 1939 directive which J. Edgar Hoover has interpreted as conferring upon the FBI the power, in his words, "to identify individuals working against the United States, determine their objectives and nullify their effectiveness." Who are these "individuals"? Those whose activities involve "subversion and related internal security problems."
The unlimited scope of their jurisdiction and their virtual autonomy encourage intelligence institutions to consolidate and expand. Intelligence thus constantly enlarges its operations by exaggerating the numbers, power, and intentions of the subversive enemy.25
Ironically, this exaggeration is further stimulated by the need to develop some plausible political and constitutional justification for violating democratic rights. Intelligence not only continually expands the boundaries of subversion in its operations, but inevitably generates a stream of fear-mongering propaganda in its evaluation of intelligence data. A troubled period such as the present intensifies this process: the number of surveillance subjects increases greatly as the intelligence agencies circulate propaganda dramatizing their life-and-death struggle with subversion.
The link between drug use and political radicalism has also served to expand the scope of political surveillance. In the past, narcotics law enforcement and the policing of political crimes have drawn on similar surveillance techniques. This was so because both involve conduct to which the parties consent and both frequently leave little proof that any crime was committed. Today the "nark" and undercover intelligence operatives are frequently in pursuit of the same prey. The same agents sometimes function in both areas and political militancy is a common cover for the "nark," especially on college campuses.
Similarly, students under surveillance for drug use are frequently selected for their political nonconformity, a link manifest in the background of both the Kent State and Hobart College cases, as well as in the conviction of Dr. Leslie Fiedler of the State University of New York at Buffalo for maintaining premises where marijuana was used. The pot bust has become a punitive sanction against political dissent and the threat of prosecution is a favorite method of "hooking" student informers. Lee Otis Johnson, former head of Houston's Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, is now serving a thirty-year jail term for the sale of a single marijuana cigarette to a Houston undercover policeman.
Many young radicals are finding ways of evading undercover surveillance of their political activities. Intelligence inevitably generates countermeasures ("security"), driving its targets into protective secrecy and sometimes underground even though they are usually engaged in legal protest. Such furtiveness is then cited as further proof of subversion and conspiracy ("What have they got to hide?") and reinforces the justification for surveillance.
Radicals in the past few years have tried to protect themselves by rigorously checking the backgrounds of possible infiltrators, isolating a suspected agent or feeding him bogus information, giving him test assignments, banning the use of drugs, cars, and private phones, and forming affinity groups. The radicals themselves sometimes use disguises and false names. The ultimate response to intelligence is counterintelligence, including the penetration of intelligence institutions to thwart their effectiveness. Some groups are beginning to boast about their double agents, counter-spies, and pipelines to police sources. One Berkeley police officer has already complained (and not very convincingly): "I'm afraid they do a better job spying on us than we do on them."
The pilferage and circulation of the Media FBI documents seem to suggest an escalation in counterintelligence tactics. The group responsible for the action has already announced, as a follow-up measure, a planned exposure of a "first group" of FBI informers whose names appear in as yet unreleased stolen documents. This listing of a "first group" is presumably to be followed by publication of lists of others.
Such a tactic will not only create a painful dilemma for present Philadelphia area informers but may vastly complicate the FBI's problems in future recruitment. Because political spies are the keystone of the entire federal political intelligence system, the FBI goes to extraordinary lengths to shield their identities and stresses these protective practices as an inducement for recruits. A breach in the FBI security system may well scare off potential informers not only in the Philadelphia area, but everywhere—Who knows where the Citizens' Commission will strike next? The increased risk is bound to boost the price of the informers' services. At the very least, it will "enhance" among the hunters the same "paranoia" now "endemic" among the hunted.
Our political intelligence apparatus has begun to exert a dangerous influence on the exercise of political power. The attempt by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to use intelligence data to discredit and destroy a group of Los Angeles poverty agencies is a dramatic example of a spreading phenomenon. A candidate for public office learns that he has been made an intelligence target by orders of his opponent, the incumbent. A lawyer for a victim of police brutality is threatened with being disbarred as a "subversive" because of leaks in the police department's intelligence files.
Mayor Alioto of San Francisco discovers that unevaluated intelligence files compiled by federal and urban agencies, full of smears and unverified rumors, are opened up to the press for an article which threatens his political ruin.26 A check of the California Un-American Activities Committee files discloses dossiers on many legislators, including the Senate president, with notations reflecting intensive surveillance. A courageous Chicago newsman, Ron Dorfman, who has vigorously attacked intelligence practices in that city, is confronted with a detailed dossier on himself in a session with the Illinois Crime Commission.
It is chilling enough to learn that in this country literally millions of people are systematically suffering invasions of privacy, and, what is worse, are forced to exercise their rights of free expression and assembly under the fear of surveillance. But when a secret political police begins to play an important role in political decisions and campaigns, the democratic process is in grave danger.
Nor is there much comfort in the notion that our current intelligence mania is only a transient response to a particular emergency. History—and for that matter the annals of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI—painfully teaches that once a political intelligence system takes root, it is almost impossible to eradicate it. Fear and blackmail ensure its autonomy and self-perpetuation. How many of us can be expected to challenge a system which has such power to do injury to its critics?27
Americans will now have to answer the question whether the risks that we face—and some of them are real enough—outweigh the danger of a national secret police. One can hardly question the right of the government to inform itself of potential crimes and acts of violence. The resort to bombing as a political tactic obviously creates a justification for intelligence to forestall such practices. But the evolving intelligence system I have been describing clearly exceeds these limited ends. Before it is too late we must take a cold look at our entire political intelligence system: not to determine whether one aspect or another is repressive—whether, for example, it is possible to keep a dossier confidential—but to decide whether internal political intelligence as an institution, divorced from law enforcement, is consistent with the way we have agreed to govern ourselves and to live politically.
Eighteen cases have now been filed throughout the country, with American Civil Liberties Union support, to challenge various surveillance and filing practices by police agencies as violating constitutional rights of free expression, assembly, privacy, and the protection against unreasonable search and seizure. The constitutional issues imbedded in these cases will undoubtedly be presented ultimately to the Supreme Court. These challenges are important if for no other reason than that they will drag undercover surveillance out of the shadows.
But the political intelligence system cannot be controlled by piecemeal attacks in the courts. If our past experience is a guide, even successful litigation may leave unchecked the particular abuses involved by limiting surveillance in ways that are readily ignored or circumvented by a bureaucracy which is a law unto itself.
Political intelligence is both a symbol of a dying politics and the means of keeping it alive through powerful myths and constraints. A truly effective attack on the evils of intelligence cannot be mounted apart from the political process. A legislative investigation, more sharply focused and more searching than Senator Ervin's investigation, is vital in order to scour this area as thoroughly as Senator LaFollette's investigation scoured labor espionage in the Thirties. Such a probe could develop a fuller understanding of political intelligence and might lay the basis for dismantling a system which, if it is allowed to grow, may choke all possibility of real change in this country. But it is illusory to talk of an effective investigative and statutory attack on the powerful intelligence system at present. The elimination of the evils of political surveillance and dossiers is yet another reason why we need a new politics.
Guide to Snoopers July 1, 1971
It is hardly surprising that intelligence is most at home with non-crimes such as "subversion" or inchoate crimes such as conspiracy in which innocent conduct is treated as criminal because it is claimed to be enmeshed in an illegal agreement and performed with evil intent. The affinity of the intelligence mind for the conspiracy offense can be illustrated by the testimony of Detective Sergeant John Ungvary, head of the Cleveland intelligence squad, before a Senate committee. He urged that "if we had a law whereby we can charge all of them [black nationalists] as participants or conspirators it would be far better than waiting for an overt act ."↩
The technique of broadening the boundaries of subversion has been developed and refined by the Congressional anti-subversive committees: first, by the application of notions of vicarious, imputed, and derived guilt; second, by a process of cross-fertilization which proscribes an organization through the individuals associated with it and the individuals through their relationship to the organization; third, by increasing the number of condemned organizations through their links to one another; fourth, by treating subversion as permanent, irreversible, and even hereditary, with the result that a dossier, no matter how old, never loses its importance nor a subject his "interest."
This technique has been ingeniously applied in a remarkable document, A Report on the SDS Riots, October 8-11, 1969, issued by the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission, April, 1970, and reprinted in June, 1970, by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. Ostensibly concerned with the Weatherman demonstration ("Days of Rage"), this 400-page report is a virtual encyclopedia of militant radicalism among youth, replete with dossiers, photographs, personal letters, diaries, and documents relating not merely to the SDS figures with whom it purports to be primarily concerned, but to a host of other individuals and organizations about whom the Commission had collected intelligence information and whom it linked in the most tortured fashion to the subject matter of the Commission's report. This information, much of it highly inaccurate, was published purely for the purpose of punitive exposure of intelligence targets.
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The mayor's charges against federal agencies have not been denied. The Los Angeles Police Department has admitted supplying confidential files to the writer of the article. The coordinator of intelligence, Sergeant George Bell, stated: "I would pull the index cards and let him go over the resumés, and some of them he asked to see the copy [of the file itself]."↩
Political files and dossiers give bureaucratic continuity to intelligence agencies and are a powerful reason for their survival in the face of the most hostile attack. When intelligence spokesmen cry, "What will happen to these valuable files which alone stand between us and a Commie takeover?" critics are usually silenced. After a motion was carried in January, 1945, to terminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the House reversed itself on the plea of Congressman Rankin that "these valuable records that probably involve the fate of the Nation, the safety of the American people, would be dissipated—I want to see that these papers are kept; that is the one thing I am striving for."↩


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- NAME: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- OCCUPATION: Educator, Historian, Scholar, World Leader, Journalist, Sociologist
- BIRTH DATE: February 14, 1811
- DEATH DATE: September 11, 1888
- PLACE OF BIRTH: San Juan, Argentina
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In short: Great run, cant wait to do it again next yearIn full: This was my very first 10k, indeed my first race ever, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice varied course, friendly marshals, welll organised, absolutely loved it.Date of review: May 5, 2010
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In short: A good course that one day I will finish faster!!In full: Would be better if roads could be closed near start - until field thins out a bit more?Date of review: April 25, 2010
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Enter Armado and Moth his page.
¶rite growes melancholy?
¶tender Iuuenall?
¶tough signeor.
¶Boy. Why tender iuuenall? Why tender iuuenall?
325apperteining to thy young dayes, which we may nominate
¶olde time, which we may name tough.
¶Arma. Prettie and apt.
¶or I apt, and my saying prettie?
¶Arma. What? that an Eele is ingenious.
¶Boy. That an Eele is quicke.
¶my blood.
¶Boy. How many is one thrice tolde?
¶pleat man.
355Arm. It doth amount to one more then two.
¶Arma. True.
Boy. Why sir is this such a peece of studie? Now heere is
¶put yeeres to the worde three, and studie three yeeres in two
360wordes, the dauncing Horse will tell you.
¶Boy. To proue you a Cypher.
365If drawing my Sword against the humor of affection, would
¶deliuer me from the reprobate thought of it, I would take
370men haue bin in loue?
¶name more; and sweete my childe let them be men of good
375repute and carriage.
¶great carriage: for he carried the Towne-gates on his backe
¶like a Porter: and he was in loue.
380thee in my rapier, as much as thou didst me in carying gates.
¶I am in loue too. Who was Sampsons loue my deare Moth?
¶Arm. Of what complexion?
385Boy. Of all the foure, or the three, or the two, or one of
¶the foure.
¶Arm. Is that one of the foure complexions?
¶Arm. Greene in deede is the colour of Louers: but to
¶such colours.
¶Ar. Define, define, well educated infant.
Boy. Yf she be made of white and red,
¶Her faultes will nere be knowne:
405For blush-in cheekes by faultes are bred,
¶And feares by pale white showne:
¶Then if she feare or be to blame,
¶By this you shall not know,
410Which natiue she doth owe
A dangerous rime maister against the reason of white & red.
¶Ar. Is there not a Ballet Boy, of the King & the Begger?
¶three ages since, but I thinke now tis not to be found: or if it
¶were, it would neither serue for the writing, nor the tune.
¶I do loue, that Countrey girle that I tooke in the Parke
¶Boy. And thats great maruaile, louing a light Wench.
Enter Clowne, Constable, and Wench.
435womand. Fare you well.
¶Maide. Man.
¶Maid. Thats hereby.
¶Ar. I will tell thee wonders.
¶Ma. With that face.
¶Ar. I loue thee.
¶Ma. Faire weather after you.
¶Clo. I am more bound to you then your fellowes, for they
455are but lightly rewarded.
465Clo. Nay nothing M. Moth, but what they looke vppon.
¶therfore I will say nothing: I thanke God I haue as litle pa-
¶tience as an other man, & therfore I can be quiet.
¶of falsehood) if I loue. And how can that be true loue, which
¶is falsely attempted? Loue is a familiar; Loue is a Diuell.
¶hard for Hercules Clubb, and therefore too much oddes for a
¶Wit, write Pen, for I am for whole volumes in folio.


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A graduate student sometimes discovers that he or she would like to continue exploring--at greater length and in greater depth--the topic of a research paper submitted in a particular graduate course taken in the Master of Arts in English Education. For that student, there is the three credit thesis option. This extensively revised and substantially developed research paper thereby replaces three credit hours of course work (or one graduate course).
Students who elect the three-credit thesis option will have
Before registering for the three-credit thesis option and in consultation with his/her advisor as well as the program Director, the student and advisor will identify another member of the UNCP graduate faculty to be the second reader for the thesis. The student will submit to the advisor and second reader, a prospectus of approximately 750 words that contains
This prospectus will be accompanied by the course research paper and its Works Cited, which now becomes the preliminary bibliography for the extended, revised research paper. Upon approval of the prospectus, the advisor will submit the Thesis Advisor Form 1, (available at Graduate Studies web site) to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The student will then obtain from the Director of Graduate English Education the Thesis Committee Form. After filling out this form and obtaining the needed signatures, the student returns this form to the program director.
This paperwork will be completed the semester before the student plans to register for this three-credit thesis course.
The thesis advisor will establish a schedule of sessions and student submissions of annotated bibliography, drafts and/or portions of drafts. These scheduled submissions and sessions will permit the advisor to make suggestions for revision and/or additional research, and to consult with the second reader. The deadline for submitting the final draft is at least three weeks before the end of the semester, on a date established by the advisor from the beginning of the course.
Course Product: The Thesis, will be at least twice the length of the course research paper or at least 25-30 pages of text.
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OK, here's a Reds TV Guide for out-of-towners's for 2003. Here goes.............
First of all, this pertains to fans who are NOT in the Reds "home" viewing area. I think by now you all know your rules-- you ONLY reveive Reds game carried via Fox Sports Ohio or a national outlet (ESPN, Fox). Good news for you is that you don't have to deal with Wed. night blackouts, but that's where the good news ends-- the out of towners have you beat by a mile, which really sucks when you think about it.
Ok, I know the whole TV thing has been cause for much confusion and discussion over the years here at Redszone. I've got a really good handle on it now, and I will do my best to explain it, as well as provide a "TV Guide" of sorts. If it helps to make this a "sticky" then feel free. Out of town fans that purchase MLB Extra Innings via DirecTV OR Digital Cable will receive all games telecast by the Fox Sports Net Family. Exceptions: First of all, you need to know who your "home" team(s) are. Once you find that out, you need to know that you can only view those games through THEIR network. Example: I am considered in the home territory for the Cards and Astros. That does NOT mean that all Cards and Astros games are blacked out for me. That means that I can only watch Cards and Astros games when THEIR Fox Sports channel is carrying the game. If Fox Ohio is carrying the Reds-Cards game and Fox Midwest is NOT, then that game is blacked out for me. But as long as Fox Midwest carries the game, then I will get it. Here's one small, but confusing catch to this rule: When BOTH teams are televising the game, the home team broadcast is the one carried by Extra Innings. Using this same example, if Fox Sports Midwest AND Ohio are both televising the game from Cincy, then I would need to actually turn to my local Fox Sports station and NOT the Extra Innings channel. When the game is played in St. Louis, it would NOT be blacked out through EI. Sounds confusing, I know, but it's really pretty simple. Basically, find out who your home teams are. Then, understand that you can only watch the Reds play those teams when your "home" team broadcast is carrying the game. Exception #2: Wed. night games are blacked out because of ESPN rights. The only way you will get Wed. night games is if the Reds are picked up as the game (or alternate game) that evening OR if the Reds are playing your "home" team on your "home" teams Fox Sports Net channel. Exception #3: Saturday afternoon games are blacked out around Memorial Day because of Fox (the network) right's. If you are out of town, chances are you will not see any Reds Saturday afternoon games, unless they play a local team and are carried on your local Fox station. Good news it that most Reds Saturday games are at night and blackout rules do not apply then. I hope that clears it up somewhat for most of you. If not, feel free to email me at email@example.com and I can try and answer any questions you've got. So, without further ado, here is your Reds TV Guide for 2003. Please note that three teams we play (Astros, Giants, and Yankees) have NOT released their TV schedules yet, so there will certainly be a few of those games added. I have also included games on WGN and TBS. I am leaving out a few televised Cards games because for me, they will be blacked out, and I did not highlight those on my schedule. I am leaving out ALL Astros games because I am waiting for them to come out with their TV schedule. And note that the Expos, Padres, and Phillies DO NOT have any sort of Fox affliliation and therefore, the only way their games are televised is if their opponent broadcasts the game. And remember this doesn't include any ESPN or Fox games because those shcedules are determined on a very short-term basis-- usually a week or so before the game. (Central Time) March 31st: Pirates (3:10) April 4th: Cubs (6:10) 5th: Cubs (12:15) 6th: Cubs (12:15) 11th: Phillies (6:10) 12th: Phillies (12:15) 14th: at Cubs (7:05) 15th: at Cubs (1:20) 16th: at Cubs (1:20) 17th: at Cubs (1:20) 22nd: Dodgers (6:10) 24th: Dodgers (6:10) 25th: Padres (6:10) 29th: at Rockies (8:05) May 2nd: at Giants (9:15) 4th: at Giants (3:05) 9th: Brewers (6:10) 11th: Brewers (12:15) 13th: at Cards (7:10) 16th: at Brewers (7:05) 18th: at Brewers (1:05) 20th: Braves (6:10) 22nd: Braves (6:10) 23rd: Marlins (6:10) 24th: Marlins (6:10) 25th: Marlins (12:15) 26th: at Braves (12:05) 27th: at Braves (6:35) 30th: at Marlins (6:35) 31st: at Marlins (5:05) June 1st: at Marlins (12:35) 3rd: Yankees (6:10) 6th: Blue Jays (6:10) 10th: at D Rays (6:15) 12th: at D Rays (6:15) 13th: Phillies (6:10) 14th: Phillies (6:10) 16th: Cubs (6:10) 17th: Cubs (6:10) 19th: Cubs (11:35) 20th: D'Backs (9:05) 21st: D'Backs (9:05) 22nd: D'Backs (3:35) 24th: at Cards (7:10) 25th: at Cards (7:10) 26th: at Cards (7:10) 27th: at Indians (6:05) July 1st: at Pirates (6:05) 3rd: at Pirates (6:05) 4th: Mets (12:15) 5th: Mets (6:10) 6th: Mets (12:15) 11th: at Brewers (7:05) 12th: at Brewers (6:05) 21st: Brewers (6:10) 22nd: Brewers (6:10) 25th: at Mets (6:10) 26th: at Mets (6:10) 29th: Rockies (6:10) 31st: Rockies (6:10) August 1st: Giants (6:10) 5th: at Dodgers (9:10) 7th: at Dodgers (9:10) 8th: at Padres (9:05) 9th: at Padres (9:05) 12th: D'Backs (6:10) 14th: D'Backs (6:10) 19th: at D'Backs (8:35) 21st: at D'Backs (8:35) 26th: Brewers (6:10) September 1st: at Brewers (1:05) 2nd: at Brewers (7:05) 5th: at Cards (7:10) 9th: Pirates (6:10) 12th: at Cubs (2:20) 13th: at Cubs (3:05) 14th: at Cubs (1:20) 16th: at Pirates (6:05) 18th: at Pirates (6:05) 19th: at Phillies (6:05) 20th: at Phillies (6:05) 23rd: Cubs (6:10) 26th: Expos (6:10) 28th: Expos (12:15) I think I counted 88 games there. You need to figure we'll get at least 5-10 national games (mostly on ESPN) and you also have to figure that there are no Astros games listed (we play them about 20 times) and that the Yankees and Giants have yet to release their schedules. Also, factor in that I calculated this using MY blackout rules--- you'll need to factor in yours. All told, we're looking at somewhere around 15-20 MORE games than I listed here, but we're just sure which ones yet. So, somehwere between 105-115 games would be a good guess-- that's a little more than we've had in recent years. If there is any question as to whether or not Extra Innings is a good buy-- I'd say this just about answers it! Hope this helps |
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It is advisable to take a number of photocopies of your passport with you. During your stay you should carry a photocopy of your passport at all times.
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Most visits to Paraguay are trouble-free, however, violent crime is increasing and in Asunción, it is best to avoid walking near the Presidential Palace or Congress at night, as both are near a slum where foreigners have been victims of assault.
The threat from terrorism is low. But you should be aware of the global risk of indiscriminate terrorist attacks, which could target civilians, including foreign tourists.
Crime in areas frequented by tourists is increasing. Travellers should avoid wearing expensive jewellery, carrying large amounts of cash or carrying handbags.
Dengue is a serious risk in Paraguay. Risk occurs primarily during the warmer months (November to April), especially in urban areas.
The Embassy recommends Yellow Fever vaccination for all travellers over one year of age visiting rural and forested areas, including Iguaçu Falls.
Malaria is a risk in the southeastern departments of Alto Paraná, Canindeyú, Caaguazú, Caazapá, and Guaira.
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The government have very harsh penalties for those caught trafficking or in possession of drugs. You should therefore be very careful with your luggage and belongings and avoid any contact with prohibited drugs.
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Paraguay experiences a subtropical climate in the Paraneña region and a tropical climate in the Chaco. The Paraneña region has a humid climate, with abundant precipitation throughout the year and only moderate seasonal changes in temperature. During the Southern Hemisphere's summer, which corresponds to the northern winter, the dominant influence on the climate is the warm sirocco winds blowing out of the northeast. During the winter, the dominant wind is the cold pampero from the South Atlantic, which blows across Argentina and is deflected northeastward by the Andes in the southern part of that country. Because of the lack of topographic barriers within Paraguay, these opposite prevailing winds bring about abrupt and irregular changes in the usually moderate weather.
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