Paraguay

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:02 UTC

  Soccer first played by the Guarani (Paraguay) according to the Vatican

  

  Soccer or football was first played by the indigenous Guaranies in what is today Paraguay, the heartland of South America and one of the sixteen best teams of the current World Cup currently been disputed in South Africa.

• Friday, June 18th 2010 - 19:25 UTC

  Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation closer on political agreement in Paraguay

  

  “There are better conditions, things are quieter now” to consider the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur as full member said Paraguayan cabinet chief Miguel Lopez Perito, following a political agreement in Congress with one of the main opposition parties.

• Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 01:18 UTC

  Chavez’ Venezuela “recalls us the times of our won dictatorship`”

  

  The incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur faces a tough battle in the Paraguayan congress following statements’ from the Upper House president who said that “it recalls us the time of the (Alfredo Stroessner) dictatorship” adding it was difficult to dissociate the country from the figure of Hugo Chavez.

• Friday, June 11th 2010 - 17:13 UTC

  Paraguay admits pressure from Brazil to vote for Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo admitted he called on Congress to reach a consensus to vote the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, since Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have already done so and ‘only Paraguay is missing’.

• Thursday, June 10th 2010 - 18:17 UTC

  Brazil-Paraguay discussions to review the Itaipú Treaty are ‘done and over’

  

  For Brazil the renegotiation of the Itaipú dam treaty between Brazil and Paraguay ‘is over’ following on last year’s declaration of Presidents Lula da Silva and Fernando Lugo, said Marco Aurelio García the Brazilian president main advisor in international affairs.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2010 - 19:24 UTC

  “Conditions not right yet” for Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur admits Paraguay

  

  The Paraguayan government will not send do Congress the protocol for the incorporation to Venezuela to Mercosur because conditions for its approval are non existent yet, said the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Héctor Lacognata.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 18:41 UTC

  New round of talks in Paraguay to consider Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Top level discussions will be held between members of the Paraguayan Executive and Congress to try and convince lawmakers to vote Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur and Paraguayan membership of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) that have been stalled for months.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:47 UTC

  Venezuela’s Chavez the less convincing leader for Paraguayan ‘twitters’

  

  A “twitter” opinion poll organized by Paraguay’s main daily newspaper ABC Color to evaluate which Latinamerican presidents are most rejected or less convincing delivered several predictable results but also some surprises.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2010 - 02:36 UTC

  Brazilian press calls Paraguay “rich beggar”, superb actor in asking for alms

  

  One of Brazil’s most influential weekly magazines with strong penetration in political and business circles, ‘Veja’ has a main article this week calling neighbouring Paraguay the “rich beggar”, a role which the successive Paraguayan governments “have played to success attracting significant international aid and grants”.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  Paraguay closer to achieving full free of FMD with vaccination status

  

  The World Organization for Animal Health, OIE, will examine the South American request to consider free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination the border areas of Paraguay with Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia.