Paraguay

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Paraguay's new FM faced with further waterway negotiations

  

  Paraguay's new Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez met last week with representatives of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement Committee (CPTCP) to discuss the next steps toward the elimination of the toll of US$ 1.47 per ton of net register to river transport circulating through the “Port of Santa Fe-Confluencia” section unilaterally imposed by Argentina.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Paraguay to shift Israel embassy to Jerusalem this year

  

  Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Paraguay would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem before the end of 2023. Cohen made those remarks after meeting with the South American country's new President Santiago Peña in Asunción.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Minister for the Americas Rutley represented UK at the inauguration of Paraguayan president Santiago Peña

  

  UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley returned to Paraguay on Tuesday to attend the ceremony of the presidential inauguration of President Santiago Peña – a significant milestone in the democratic history of Paraguay.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

  Peña sworn in as President of Paraguay

  

  The 44-year-old economist Santiago Peña was sworn in Tuesday as the new president of Paraguay during a ceremony at Asunción's López Palace attended by several current and former South American and world leaders.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:28 UTC

  Bi-oceanic project linking Brazil with the Pacific and crossing Paraguay is rapidly advancing

  

  A key project to connect the ports of the Brazilian Atlantic with those of the Chilean Pacific, crossing Paraguayan territory is rapidly advancing.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:22 UTC

  Sanguinetti underlines Peña's position on Mercosur

  

  Two-time former Uruguayan President Julio María Sanguinetti Tuesday praised Paraguayan President Santiago Peña's stance regarding the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), which would need a major overhaul. Paraguay, a major world food producer but landlocked, is a member of Mercosur along with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands Regional Student competition 2023

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are inviting university students to participate in the Regional Student Competition 2023 in the Falklands.

• Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Paraguay: Peña ready to be sworn in as President

  

  Economist Santiago Peña of the National Republican Assembly (ANR) also known as the Colorado Party is to be sworn in Tuesday as Paraguay's new head of state during a ceremony in Asunción which will be attended by several former and current Latin American leaders such as Argentina's Alberto Fernández; Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou, Chile's Gabriel Boric Font and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora.

• Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Lula visits Lugo ahead of Peña's inauguration

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday visited former Paraguayan head of state Fernando Lugo while in Asunción for Santiago Peña's inauguration Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Paraguay’s new President wants change at home and abroad

  

  By Julieta Heduvan (*) – Santiago Peña assumes Paraguay’s presidency this Tuesday August 15 with a number of advantages, including a supportive Congress. But he faces also numerous challenges, as he tries to unite his party, manage the influence of his political mentor—businessman and former President Horacio Cartes—and handle international negotiations, from the Itaipú accord to U.S. sanctions against Paraguayan politicians.