Paraguay

• Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Colombia: Five arrested in Pecci's murder probe

  

  Colombian authorities have arrested five people in the city of Medellín, presumably linked to the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning at an exclusive Caribbean beach resort in Cartagena de Indias, Attorney General Francisco Barbosa announced Friday.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 07:35 UTC

  Presidents of Paraguay and Argentina oversee dam project

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Monday welcomed his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernández in Ayolas, 305 kilometers from Asunción, to attend a series of events involving joint undertakings in energy production.

• Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  FBI tips Paraguay of possible school massacre copycat

  

  The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has warned Paraguayan Police of a local possible encore of the recent massacre at a Texas primary school in which 21 people were killed.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Former Paraguay keeper gets prison sentence for defamation

  

  Former Paraguay national team goalkeeper and captain José Luis Félix Chilavert has been handed down a one-year suspended prison sentence for acts of defamation against South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) President Alejandro Domínguez, it was announced Wednesday by an Asunción court.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Investing elsewhere too easy for Argentine entrepreneurs

  

  Argentine entrepreneurial migrants who seek a better future elsewhere prefer Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, and Portugal to start anew, it was reported.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Paraguayan mayor dies after days in ICU following attack by hitmen

  

  The Paraguayan Department of Amambay has declared three days of mourning following the death of José Carlos Acevedo, mayor of the city of Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC), and brother of Amambay's Governor Ronald Acevedo, who signed the decree.

• Friday, May 20th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian VP says progress made on Pecci's murder probe

  

  Paraguayan and Colombian authorities Thursday announced progress was being made in the investigation of Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci's May 10 murder while honeymooning in an exclusive Caribbean beach resort.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Paraguayan mayor in critical condition after taking 7 shots

  

  The 53-year-old mayor of the Paraguayan town of Pedro Juan Caballero was in critical condition early Wednesday following his assassination attempt Tuesday afternoon.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always been a port of exit.”

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest

  

  Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.