Paraguay

• 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.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Lacalle arrives in Asunción to discuss Mercosur issues

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou landed Friday evening at Asunción to discuss a series of proposals to modernize Mercosur with his hosting colleague Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 08:22 UTC

  Colombian police suspect “someone close” was behind Pecci's murder

  

  Sleuths investigating in Colombia the murder of Paraguayan special anti-drug Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci suspect someone “very close” to the victim was behind Tuesday's lethal attack on the honeymooning official, it was reported.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 19:50 UTC

  Paraguay braces for slight increase in coronavirus cases

  

  Paraguayan Health authorities Friday announced they were expecting a slight rebound in the number of COVID-19 cases, based on local data and on that from neighboring countries.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Google's translating tool adds Guarani, Aymara and Quechua to its menu

  

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the company will add 24 new languages to its widespread translating tool, including Guarani, Aymara and Quechua, which are spoken by native communities in South America.