Paraguay

Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Paraguayan VP to resign after joining US list of those “significantly corrupt”

Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velázquez Friday announced in a radio interview that he would be resigning his job and stepping down from the presidential race after being added by the United States to the list of people “significantly corrupt,” where he joined former President Horacio Cartés.
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Friday, August 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Uruguayan drug trafficker involved in several crimes, accused of ordering murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci

Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset has been accused of ordering the death of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean, reported Colombian newspaper El Tiempo on Tuesday.
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Friday, August 12th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Lugo still in serious condition after surgery

Former Paraguayan leftwing President Fernando Lugo underwent surgery Thursday and remains in intensive care in serious condition at an Asunción Sanatorium, it was reported.
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Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 20:49 UTC
Former Paraguayan President Lugo in ICU

Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been hospitalized Wednesday in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after a stroke for which he remains under an induced coma, according to fellow leftwing Senator Jorge Querey, who is also the family's head physician.
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Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 19:38 UTC
Brazil and Paraguay cut down energy prices at Itaipu

Authorities from Brazil and Paraguay have announced a reduction in the price of energy from the binational Itaipu power plant from US$ 22.60 to US$20.75 per kilowatt.
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Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:13 UTC
US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Minister

Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez at the López Palace.
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Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypox

Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.
Monday, August 1st 2022 - 21:07 UTC
Paraguay has only 83 park rangers; it needs 5,000

Paraguayan authorities have admitted they only had 83 properly trained park rangers to guard some 2.4 million protected hectares, way below international standards of one for every 500 hectares.
Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:23 UTC
Paraguayan President pledges to up intelligence funding

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez last week announced he would up funding for the National Intelligence Secretariat (SNI), an agency created in 2018. Abdo justified his move on the body's precarious budget, due to which it relies on foreign cooperation to fulfill its mission.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
UNWTO helping to promote tourism as a pillar of Paraguay's economic development

Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Benitez during the Renewable Energy and Sustainable Tourism event, welcomed this week UNWTO’s support as the county works to make tourism a central pillar of economic growth, social opportunity and jobs.