Paraguay

• Friday, September 11th 2009 - 07:43 UTC

  Paraguay and Bolivia agree on military expenditure

  

  Paraguay said it was satisfied with Bolivia’s explanations regarding the neighbouring country’s plans to purchase arms and reinforce its military garrisons. The statement follows a Thursday meeting of the two countries Foreign Affairs and Defence ministers in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay.

• Thursday, September 10th 2009 - 04:57 UTC

  Paraguay soy bean exports plunge 46% in eight months of 2009

  

  Paraguay soy bean exports have plummeted during the first eight months of the year according to official data released Wednesday in Asunción.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2009 - 10:25 UTC

  The priest of Paraguay and the Catholic Church in Latinamerica

  

  “The Priest of Paraguay: Lugo and the change in Latin America” is the name of the book recently launched in London and dedicated to the current president of the landlocked country former bishop Fernando Lugo.

• Thursday, August 27th 2009 - 15:39 UTC

  Paraguay interested in discussing “arms race” at the Unasur summit

  

  Conflict hypothesis and arms race in the region must also be included in the context of the controversy over US forces in Colombian bases during the coming Unasur (Union of South American Nations) summit in Argentina, according to the Paraguayan government official position.

• Friday, August 14th 2009 - 14:09 UTC

  Paraguayan government withdraws bill for Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Paraguay's government withdrew a bill that would approve the incorporation of Venezuela to the Mercosur trade bloc fearing a defeat in Congress that could hurt relations between the two countries.

• Friday, August 14th 2009 - 05:35 UTC

  Paraguay’s poverty index forecasted to reach 40% because of recession

  

  After having declined sustainedly during the last few years, Paraguay’s poverty index is forecasted to soar to 40% of the population in 2009 because of the economic recession, said on Thursday Economy minister Dionisio Borda.

• Thursday, July 30th 2009 - 14:13 UTC

  Energy dispute: having agreed with Brazil, Paraguay now targets Argentina

  

  After having reached an understanding with Brazil, Paraguay next month plans to begin negotiations with Argentina to claim better conditions for the power generated from the Yaciretá dam which both countries share.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2009 - 03:28 UTC

  Brazil insists on the political angle of the Itaipú agreement

  

  The Brazilian presidency advisor in international affairs Marco Aurelio García said that the agreement between Brazil and Paraguay regarding the surplus power from the shared Itaipú hydroelectric dam (operationally the largest in the world) is “most important” and helps to normalize bilateral relations.

• Monday, July 27th 2009 - 12:35 UTC

  Brazil agrees to treble payment for Paraguay’s energy from Itaipú

  

  Brazil and Paraguay agreed over the weekend on an amicable solution to a decade long dispute over a hydro-electric dam on their shared border, with Brazil agreeing to triple the amount it pays its neighbour for energy.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2009 - 10:43 UTC

  EU/Mercosur talks expected to resume in 2010

  

  European Union Foreign Relations Commissar, Benita Ferrero-Waldner said on Monday that the Spanish presidency of the European Union in 2010 “should be a good moment and opportunity” to resume the stalled discussions of the European block with Mercosur.