Paraguay

• Tuesday, July 21st 2009 - 10:06 UTC

  Brazil accepts discussions on Itaipú surplus power distribution and prices

  

  Brazil will allow Paraguay to openly sell to Brazilian energy distributing companies its surplus share of the power generated by the Itaipú dam, the largest of its kind in the Americas.

• Sunday, July 19th 2009 - 18:46 UTC

  Eight presidents expected at this week’s Mercosur summit

  

  This coming week’s Mercosur presidential summit in Paraguay will convene eight South American leaders, announced Paraguayan Foreign Affairs minister Hector Lacognata during a press conference Saturday in Asuncion.

• Thursday, July 16th 2009 - 07:20 UTC

  The supra-national issue surfaces in the coming Mercosur summit agenda

  

  The approval of the new composition for the Mercosur Parliament scheduled to be agreed later this month at the group’s presidential summit in Paraguay could be postponed given conflicting interests on supra-national decisions.

• Saturday, July 11th 2009 - 18:07 UTC

  Paraguay plans to open trade office in Shanghai

  

  A Paraguayan delegation of government officials and private sector representatives will be travelling to China in the near future to begin conversations for the formal establishment of trade relations with Beijing, announced the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Lacognata.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2009 - 08:07 UTC

  Mercosur power integration is “absurd” without Paraguay

  

  Mercosur asymmetries in power generation are overwhelming and almost absurd, with Paraguay the main power exporter in South America unable to dispose of its energy surplus, claimed Ricardo Canese, member of the Mercosur Parliament in representation of Paraguay.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 06:37 UTC

  Mercosur will address inter-group trade restrictions in Paraguay

  

  Mercosur Foreign Affairs and Economy ministers will be meeting Tuesday in Asuncion, Paraguay in the framework of the Common Market Group to discuss trade barriers and try to unwind several issues.

• Saturday, June 27th 2009 - 10:42 UTC

  Paraguayan president insists in recovering Itaipu “energy sovereignty”

  

  President Fernando Lugo reiterated Friday that Paraguay did not yield and will not yield “energy sovereignty” claims for power generated from South America’s largest hydroelectric dam Itaipu which it shares with neighbouring Brazil.

• Thursday, June 25th 2009 - 06:43 UTC

  Paraguay hosts global conference to eradicate FMD in poor countries

  

  Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo opened Wednesday in Asuncion the world conference on “Foot and Mouth Disease; the way towards global control” organized by FAO and the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 - 11:54 UTC

  Itaipu dispute postpones Mercosur presidential summit in Paraguay

  

  The Mercosur presidential summit has been postponed for July 24 and 25 it was reported Monday from Asunción, Paraguay, the host of the event. Three of the four full members of the trade group, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, proposed the change from the original July 3 and 4 arguing political and electoral reasons.

• Friday, June 5th 2009 - 04:34 UTC

  Paraguay meat exports down 25% in first five months of 2009

  

  Paraguay meat exports totaled 245 million US dollars in the first five months of the year, which represents a 25% decline compared to the same period a year ago (328 million US dollars), according to the latest official reports.