Paraguay

• Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Paraguay's ruling party reported to have campaign financing problems

  

  Less than three weeks before the April 30 presidential elections in Paraguay, the ruling National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party, continues to face serious financing problems stemming from Party Chairman Horacio Cartes having been declared significantly corrupt by the United States, which renders him non-eligible for many banks to sign loan agreements.

• Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  IMF says Paraguay has good macroeconomic performance

  

  A statement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released in Asunción on Wednesday highlighted Paraguay's macroeconomic performance and underlined that the South American country met the goals set for the end of 2022, after implementing a two-year technical support program from the global agency.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Extradition of Paraguayan corrupt leaders after the elections?

  

  The extradition of former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and other politicians in the South American country who have been declared as “significantly corrupt” may come after the April 30 elections, according to an article carried in the latest issue of Americas Quarterly magazine.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  No statute of limitations wanted for Brazilian enslavers

  

  Brazil's Attorney General Augusto Aras Monday filed a request before the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to make the crime of “labor analogous to slavery” uneligible for a statute of limitations, which is a constitutional guarantee for defendants, but it is not absolute.

• Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  CIA official meets with Paraguayan president

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Wednesday confirmed having met with US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Director David Cohen in Asunción to discuss national security issues.

• Monday, March 27th 2023 - 07:51 UTC

  Paraguay goes into wintertime mode

  

  Effective Sunday, Paraguay went into winter time, which meant setting the country's clocks at GMT -4 until the first Sunday of October, which places the entire country one hour behind its Mercosur partners (Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina).

• Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Lugo back in Asunción; Paraguay eager to know whom he will endorse

  

  Former Paraguayan President and current Senator Fernando Lugo returned to Asunción Friday on a private flight after eight months of medical treatment in Buenos Aires for a brain stroke. Little over a month before the April 30 elections, opposition politicians still wonder whom the former Catholic bishop will favor: former Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo (New Republic) or Efraín Alegre (National Concertation)

• Friday, March 24th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  US adds 3 Paraguayans to list of significantly corrupt officials

  

  The US State Department has added three Paraguayan nationals to its list of “significantly corrupt” officials just one day after signing a new arrangement with the South American country whereby military engineers would assist in future waterway developments.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  New team of prosecutors to investigate former Paraguayan President Cartes

  

  A new team of prosecutors created this week by Attorney General Emiliano Rolón will investigate former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes for alleged false statements in the Pandora Papers inquiry and for his involvement in the operations of the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter and its 18 crew members.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina tries to collect toll from Paraguay for Parana waterway traffic

  

  As of Monday last week, Argentina's General Administration of Ports (AGP) started issuing invoices for “navigation settlements of the previous months.” In other words, a fee began to be collected for the passage of Paraguayan cargo through the Santa Fe-Confluencia section.