The firm

Who we are

A Paraguayan firm built on multi-sector experience and an academic record.

Dr. José Tomás Sánchez Gómez

Founder

Ph.D. in Government, Cornell University, completed December 2023. He also holds a Master in Public Administration from Cornell (2013–2015) and a Licenciatura in Communication Sciences from Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (2003–2007). His work has been published in Public Opinion Quarterly and in the Journal of Latin American Studies, and he is categorised as a researcher in Paraguay's national research system, SISNI.

He served as Secretary of State at the Public Function Department (the Civil Service Department) between 2010 and 2012, a technical post in public administration, and advises national and international companies. He teaches graduate school courses, writes a regular column in Paraguay's largest newspapers, and hosts the podcast Economía a 1000.

He advises business associations including Horizonte Positivo, DENDE and university associations, and holds no position in any political party.

Selected record
2025

Constitutional refounding in South America. The failed Paraguayan case in comparative perspective. ACADEMO, vol. 12 no. 3.

2025

From technocracy to hyper-partisanship: Cartismo and its effects on the party and democracy in Paraguay (2013–2025). Cuadernos de Sociología, vol. 5.

2022

Tenuous Pacts and Multiparty Coalitions: The Politics of Presidential Impeachment in Latin America. Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 54 no. 2, with David De Micheli and Kenneth M. Roberts.

2019

Economic evaluations and political change in Chile, 1966 to 2018. Public Opinion Quarterly, vol. 83 no. 3, with Peter Enns.