Paraguay

Thursday, February 21st 2013 - 04:45 UTC
Brazilian soybean farmers oppose contract with Monsanto to end royalties’ dispute

Brazilian farmer groups are opposing a contract that Monsanto the world’s biggest seed company is offering farmers to end a dispute over royalty payments on its genetically modified soybean seeds. Monsanto is trying to resolve uncertainty over its ability to collect fees on its new Intacta soybeans, which it is scheduled to start selling in Brazil during the next growing season.
Thursday, February 21st 2013 - 04:43 UTC
Unasur, invited by electoral officials will observe the April 21 election in Paraguay

Paraguay’s Superior Electoral Tribunal, TSJE said on Wednesday that representatives from Unasur, Union of South American Nations, would be present as observers of the electoral process scheduled for next April. The accord was signed by TSJE president Alberto Ramirez Zamonini and the head of Unasur High Level Group, Salomon Lerner.
Thursday, February 21st 2013 - 04:41 UTC
Correa hopeful Paraguayan elections will be “transparent and democratic”

Re-elected Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa is hopeful “transparent and democratic” elections will be held in Paraguay next April, a country with which he is waiting to normalize relations.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:26 UTC
New strain of dengue further exposes Paraguay’s population to the spreading disease

Paraguay health officials have detected a new strain of the tropical mosquito-transmitted disease dengue identified as serotype 4, the first case reported since last year which expands significantly the population’s exposure. Likewise the latest official report indicates 26 confirmed dengue deaths and over 13.000 infected.
Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 20:55 UTC
Paraguay looking ahead to a promising year for beef exports and cattle ranching

Abattoirs in Paraguay during January slaughtered 73% more cattle than a year ago indicating strong demand both from overseas and local markets, but also the end of restrictions because of the foot and mouth disease outbreaks that last year knocked out the land locked country from foreign markets.
Monday, February 4th 2013 - 05:01 UTC
Paraguay promises international investigation into the death of Oviedo in helicopter crash

The Paraguayan government announced on Sunday that it will invite international experts to investigate the circumstances of the death of presidential candidate and controversial political figure Lino Oviedo Saturday night when the helicopter transporting him crashed.
Wednesday, January 30th 2013 - 06:48 UTC
Paraguay suspended from Mercosur has requested Pacific Alliance observer status

Paraguay has formally requested to become an observer of the Alliance of the Pacific, revealed Foreign minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia, The Pacific group is made up of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile, and actively promotes foreign investment and the private sector.
Saturday, January 26th 2013 - 20:44 UTC
Mercosur/Paraguay controversy reaches EU/CELAC summit in Chile

Chile confirmed that Paraguay finally decided not to attend the EU/CELAC summit in Chile putting an end to a controversy when it emerged that several Mercosur and Unasur members insisted that the landlocked country should not be invited.
Friday, January 25th 2013 - 04:38 UTC
Dengue kills 16 in Paraguay where 13.000 cases have been reported

Paraguay’s health authorities have reported that sixteen people have died of dengue disease since the beginning of the year, ten directly infected and the other six as a consequence of other complications.
Saturday, January 19th 2013 - 04:30 UTC
Tourists arriving in Uruguay dropped 14% in first weeks compared to 2012

The number of tourists arriving to Uruguay in the first weeks of this summer season has dropped 14% compared to the same period a year ago, which represents 20.600 less, mostly Argentines and Brazilians, according to Benjamin Liberoff, Director of Tourism.