PERSPECTIVAS 2/2015 The Paraguayan People’s Army: A new rebel group or simple bandits? Jeremy McDermott ■ ■ Latin America’s youngest rebel group, the Paraguayan People’s Army(Ejérci­to del Pueblo Paraguayo­EPP ), established in 1992, has around 30 members. ■ ■ ·Kidnappings seem to be a significant share of its income, complemented with extortion and robbery. ■ ■ Its ideology states to abolish the"bourgeois liberal parliamentary system", and replace it with"a regime of popular congresses". ■ ■ So far, the Police has been ineffective against the group, and the military, in ­volved in the fight since a few months ago, hasn’t has much success either. ■ ■ Still, it is a mistake to think of the EPP as nothing more than bandits. This underestimates the threat they present and the resonance that their political discourse has.