Paraguay

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay, Uruguay urge Mercosur to speak up about situation in Venezuela

  

  Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay Tuesday spoke against the disenfranchisement in Venezurela of opposition leader María Corina Machado in a move that seems to leave Nicolás Maduro's reelection bid unchallenged.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina's FM insists “asymmetries” make EU deal untenable

  

  Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday stressed that the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) is hindered by what he called the “asymmetries” between the two blocs.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Paraguayan FM calls for more efficient Mercosur

  

  Paraguayan Foreign Minister Julio César Arriola Monday called for a “more effective and efficient” Mercosur during the bloc's two-day summit in Puerto Iguazu in the Argentine province of Misiones.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

  No progress achieved during Argentina's presidency of Mercosur, Bustillo says

  

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday told his Mercosur colleagues in Puerto Iguazú that “from the first day we warned that Mercosur had been won over by immobility” and insisted no progress regarding deals with other countries or blocs had been achieved during Argentina's pro tempore presidency of the alliance ending Tuesday.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 07:49 UTC

  Paraguayan President recalls those kidnapped by guerrilla rebels

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez said Saturday in his last management report before Congress delivered virtually that his country was in debt with Óscar Denis, Edelio Morínigo, and Félix Urbieta, who has been kidnapped for years by various rebel groups.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Mercosur members challenge Argentina toll fee on Parana/Paraguay waterway

  

  Delegations from Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay recently convened a meeting to challenge Argentina’s imposition of a toll fee on the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. The neighboring countries argued that the evidence presented by Argentina did not provide enough services to justify the charge.

• Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina says Coast Guard unit to Yacyretá area following incident with Paraguayan Navy

  

  Argentina's Coast Guard (PNA) will up its patrolling in the Yacyretá dam area following an incident with the Paraguayan Navy which allegedly crossed into its waters, according to a complaint filed by local authorities of the province of Corrientes, it was reported.

• Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Paraná Waterway: Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia back Paraguay

  

  Brazil, Uruguay, and Bolivia Friday supported Paraguay's stance regarding Argentina's decision to charge tolls to barges sailing through the “Port of Santa Fe-Confluencia” section of the Parana River, it was reported in Buenos Aires after a new meeting of the Commission of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement.

• Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  HIV cases on the rise in Paraguay

  

  According to a study from Paraguay's General Directorate of Health Surveillance released Thursday, the South American country recorded a sharp increase in the number of cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), it was reported in Asunción.

• Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Canada opens up to Paraguayan beef

  

  Paraguay's beef production will be welcomed in Canada starting in September, President Mario Abdo Benítez announced Thursday in Asunción.