Anna Hazare vs Horacio Cartes

Hazare founded this organization to fight corruption in rural Maharashtra. He used Gandhian methods like hunger strikes and public protests to expose corrupt officials and politicians.

Hazare returned the Padma Bhushan award in protest against the government's failure to act on corruption. This gesture reinforced his image as a principled activist.

Anna Hazare went on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, demanding the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill to combat corruption. The movement gained massive public support and forced the government to form a joint drafting committee.

Cartes signed a tax reform law that increased the value-added tax from 5% to 10% and introduced a 10% income tax on agricultural exports. The reform aimed to increase state revenue for social programs but faced opposition from business sectors.

Horacio Cartes won the 2013 Paraguayan general election as the Colorado Party candidate, defeating the PLRA candidate Efra

Opposition parties attempted to impeach President Cartes in March 2017 after he proposed a constitutional amendment to allow presidential re-election. The impeachment effort failed in the Senate, but the re-election proposal sparked violent protests that left one dead.

Cartes resigned from the presidency in June 2018, one month before the end of his term, to take a seat in the Senate. Vice President Alicia Pucheta served as interim president for the remaining month. The move was criticized as a maneuver to gain immunity from prosecution.