Paraguay

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:40 UTC

  Paraná Waterway conflict: Paraguayan barge released after paying toll

  

  A Paraguayan barge with fuel seized by Argentine authorities for failure to pay the toll on the Paraguay-Paraná River Waterway has been released after posting nearly US$ 30,000, it was reported.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Paraguay wants its money back from the COVAX mechanism

  

  Paraguay's Health Minister María Teresa Barán criticized the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVAX mechanism for distributing vaccines against Covid-19 worldwide and refused to accept the next batch from the global agency.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay to seek Mercosur arbitration on Paraná Waterway toll collection by Argentina

  

  The Government of Paraguay announced Friday that it will be seeking an international arbitrage within the South American Common Market (Mercosur) to settle the dispute with Argentina over the charging of tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina tightens security along Paraná Waterway

  

  Citing security concerns and possible drug trafficking, Argentine authorities have upped their controls on Paraguayan barges sailing through the Paraná River, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, September 1st 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  Paraguay's population below 2015 projections, census shows

  

  Paraguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) Thursday released its preliminary conclusions on the country's latest census, whereby the entire population would amount to 6,109,644 people (3,078,994 are men and 3,030,650 are women), thus falling noticeably short of the 2015 projections that foresaw 7,453,695 inhabitants by 2022, it was reported in Asunción. A total of 2,109,864 dwellings were counted nationwide.

• Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 09:21 UTC

  4 countries against Argentina collecting tolls on Paraná Waterway

  

  Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Uruguay insisted Wednesday on their objections to Argentina collecting tolls on the Paraná River Waterway and demanded the latter to halt that practice until it demonstrates services effectively rendered to navigation justify the measure.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 07:56 UTC

  Paraguay willing to continue talks with Mercosur and Bolivia on toll charges on the Parana/Paraguay Waterway

  

  Paraguay's recently instated president, Santiago Peña said he will continue engaging in dialogue with Argentina to reach a resolution regarding toll charges on the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway. “We do not deny the option of toll charges, but it should be an agreement among the five countries that use the waterway,” he asserted.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

  Paraguayan banana exporters concerned over Argentina not paying for shipments

  

  Paraguayan banana exporters met Monday in Asunción with Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano to seek help from the government in order to collect the debt from Argentine buyers who are behind in their payments of some US$ 6 million, it was reported. The producers fear the problem might get worse if no action is taken.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 09:11 UTC

  Paraguay and Brazil agree on data exchange to expedite border crossings

  

  Mercosur partners Paraguay and Brazil have agreed to exchange migratory information to strengthen bilateral security across mutual border crossings, it was reported in Asunción.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 14:36 UTC

  Argentina to keep collecting Paraná Waterway toll, FM says

  

  Argentina will continue to collect tolls from barges sailing through the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway “because it is something that was contemplated,” Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said this weekend after his Paraguayan colleague Rubén Ramírez's announcement last week otherwise. “A toll is not going to define the relationship between both countries,”.