Paraguay faces a bright future because of high commodity prices, despite a reputation for being one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
In its latest corruption perceptions index, Transparency International ranks Paraguay the 138th worst country in the world out of 179 nations it surveyed, and indicates that corruption there is getting worse. The country scored 2.4 on its index last year while in 2006 it attained 2.6 (on a scale of one to 10, with 10 representing the least corrupt).