Paraguay

• Tuesday, January 13th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  First 2009 (mild) dengue case reported in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan health officials confirmed the first case of dengue fever here so far this year and announced a health blockade along the border with Argentina after the deaths of two men from yellow fever in the neighbouring country.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay GDP grows 5.8% in 2008; record per capita income

  

  The Paraguayan GDP expanded 5.8% in 2008 with a good performance in almost all sectors and a record per capita income, according to preliminary figures from the Central Bank released this week.

• Saturday, December 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Landlocked Paraguay short of fuel because of shallow rivers

  

  Land locked Paraguay is suffering a shortage of fuel because a serious drought has left the main river, and lifeline, too shallow for vessels with a plus ten feet draught, according to the capital Asunción press.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay favours scrutinizing legality of foreign debt

  

  Paraguay announced this week it has a “sincere” desire to study in depth “the origin and legality of its foreign debt” over the last decades, when the landlocked country was ruled by the Colorado party.

• Saturday, November 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay pushing for a fairer deal with Brazil on energy

  

  Landlocked Paraguay will make public in Uruguay and Spain, its claims to neighbouring Brazil regarding the energy from South America's largest hydroelectric dam, Itaipú, which it shares with Latinamerica's leading economy.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Ex Paraguay leader accused of public funds squander

  

  Former Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte authorized payments equivalent to 13 million US dollars to media and journalists during the last twenty months of his term in a desperate effort to boost the campaign of the incumbent presidential candidate and his own candidacy to a Senate seat.

• Friday, October 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay Guinness record with largest open-air barbecue

  

  Mercosur country member Paraguay broke the Guinness World Record Sunday October 26 for the world's largest one day open-air barbecue.

• Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay promises protection to Brazilian land-holders

  

  Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo said in Washington his administration guarantees the security of all Brazilian residents in the country, but also emphasized they must respect the Paraguayan legal system.

• Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush pledges help to fight corruption, poverty in Paraguay

  

  President George Bush joined Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Monday in a pledge to bring assistance to the poverty-stricken South American nation while fighting corruption in the ranks of its government.

• Monday, October 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguayan president meets Bush next week in White House

  

  Paraguay President Fernando Lugo will meet President George Bush at the White House on October 27. The visit provides an opportunity “to reaffirm our strong relationship with Paraguay” said a release from the US Executive.