Paraguay

• Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

  Stolen Uruguayan aircraft ends up making emergency landing in Paraguay

  

  A single-engined Cessna 206 airplane stolen from an Aeroclub in Rivera (Uruguay) ended up making an emergency landing in Paraguay after reportedly running out of fuel.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 19:02 UTC

  Further investments in Paraguay announced after Singapore deal

  

  Astarte Capital Partners representative Stavros Siokos announced that the investors were evaluating further disbursements in Paraguay through the Second Forestry Fund to reach US$ 700 million following the South American country's carbon credit understanding last week with Singapore under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 10:25 UTC

  Significant growth in Paraguayan exports reported

  

  Paraguayan exports have recorded significant improvements this year, according to reports released in Asunción this week.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 09:56 UTC

  Peña and Modi discuss bilateral ties between India and Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to strengthen bilateral relations. The South American leader highlighted his country's clean energy, fertile land, abundant water, and a hardworking population, emphasizing the potential for cooperation in technology, agriculture, health, education, defense, and science.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 08:14 UTC

  Paraguayan and Argentine officials discuss gas pipeline project to feed Brazil

  

  Paraguayan Ambassador Helena Concepción Felip Salazar and Asunción's Vice-Minister of Mines and Energy Mauricio Bejarano met in Buenos Aires with Argentina's Energy Secretary María Tettamanti to advance discussions on a bioceanic gas pipeline project. The talks focused on drafting a memorandum of understanding and outlining steps for gas integration between the two nations.

• Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 08:41 UTC

  Singapore is the door to other Southeast Asian markets for Paraguayan meat

  

  Asunción meat industry leaders view Singapore as a strategic gateway to Southeast Asia, with hopes of expanding into markets like the Philippines, Korea, and Japan, Paraguayan Meat Chamber (CPC) General Manager Daniel Burt told ABC Color in an interview published Sunday. The opening of that market represents an endorsement of Paraguay's sanitary standards and meat quality.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 08:00 UTC

  UK Trade Envoy for Southern Cone first time visit to Paraguay

  

  UK Trade Envoy for Southern Cone Fabian Hamilton visited Paraguay and met with Paraguayan authorities and stakeholders to explore new partnership opportunities in sectors including trade, investment, sports, clean energy, and sustainable development.

• Monday, May 26th 2025 - 10:04 UTC

  Paraguay seeks to become logistics hub for South America

  

  Paraguay last week launched the upcoming Expo Logistics 2025 to be held on June 11 and 12 at the South American Football Confederation facilities in Luque. At the event, the South American country will be positioning itself as a regional hub by leveraging its strategic location and enhancing its transportation infrastructure, Vice Minister of Trade and Services Rodrigo Maluff said while announcing initiatives to modernize the Paraguay-Paraná waterway to connect trade from Bolivia and Brazil’s Mato Grosso regions, reducing cargo transfer times to markets like Southeast Asia by up to 40%.

• Saturday, May 24th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

  Paraguay and Singapore sign key carbon credit agreement

  

  Paraguay and Singapore signed a historic Implementation Agreement for carbon credit cooperation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, it was announced Friday. Signing the documents were Paraguay's Environment Minister Rolando de Barros Barreto and Singapore’s Minister of Sustainability, Grace Fu, during President Santiago Peña’s visit to the Asian country.

• Friday, May 23rd 2025 - 10:44 UTC

  Peña suggests Paraguay can host unofficial talks between Taiwan and Japan or the US

  

  During an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña offered his country as a bridge for countries seeking to commerce with Taiwan. Peña recalled that his country was the sole South American nation with direct ties to Taipei.