Paraguay

• Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:12 UTC

  FAO estimates record oilseed production but soybean crop will be down

  

  Global oilseed production is estimated at record 472 million tons in the 2011-12 marketing year starting October but the growth in output will be subdued, FAO said in a report. Similarly soy bean production is expected to fall to 260.7 million tons from 265.8 million in 2010/2011.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 09:56 UTC

  Paraguayan lawmakers accuse Brazil of ‘provocative military intimidation’

  

  Paraguayan members from the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur made a public statement to complain the ‘intimidating Brazilian military display’ with armoured vehicles and heavy equipment along the border particularly across from the Ciudad del Este which is ‘contrary to international agreements and the Mercosur spirit’.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 06:21 UTC

  Piranhas attack tourists in famous Brazilian Pantanal river beach

  

  Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied attack.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 23:41 UTC

  Paraguay’s wheat exports doubled in a year to over a million tons

  

  Paraguay’s wheat exports have doubled in 2011 compared to the previous year and has increased 33 fold in the last decade, and this has been based on a government-private effort of investing in scientific research and technology.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 16:26 UTC

  Paraguay criticized for its handling of the FMD outbreak

  

  The Southern Cone Standing Veterinary Committee, CVP, accused Paraguay of not complying with promises related to foot and mouth disease, FMD, control following on the outbreak reported to the north of the country last September 18.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:50 UTC

  Russia to resume beef purchases from Paraguay

  

  Russia has decided to resume purchases of Paraguayan beef and derivates following the foot and mouth disease, FMD, episode detected in an only farm last September and which according to Paraguayan sanitary officials was caused by a ‘human error’.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 22:18 UTC

  Paraguayan FMD outbreak in September was caused by “human negligence”

  

  Paraguay’s Livestock Service has confirmed that negligence in the handling of foot and mouth disease vaccines was the cause for the September FMD outbreak that forced the country to cease exports. The announcement discards doubts about the quality of the vaccines.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 02:36 UTC

  Ibero-American summit calls for dialogue on Falklands/Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty

  

  Nations from the Ibero-American bloc reaffirmed the need for the resumption of Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty negotiations and called on the UK to avoid carrying out “one-sided” actions, such as exploiting resources and military action.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 00:43 UTC

  Mercosur and EU will be ready to exchange trade proposals ‘in June 2012’

  

  Mercosur and the European Union are committed to presenting their proposals with list of products for a free trade agreement in June 2012, announced on Friday Uruguay’s Foreign Affaire minister Luis Almagro.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:21 UTC

  ‘The role of the State’ to be discusses in the Ibero-American summit

  

  “State reform and development” will be driving force of the coming Ibero-American summit to take place next week, October 28/29 in Paraguay and already has the attendance confirmation of eighteen presidents, according to the organizers.