Paraguay

• Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Paraguay trade deficit reached US$ 1,3billion in 2022 speared by a 16,1% increase in imports

  

  Mercosur junior member Paraguay ended 2022 with a negative trade balance of US$ 1,288.9 million, as a result of a 16,1% increase in total imports according to the country's Central Bank, BCP.

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 19:21 UTC

  Opening of Itaipu floodgates might relieve Paraná River downspout

  

  The opening of the floodgates at the Itaipú dam during the weekend is expected to bring some relief to the people along the Paraná river shores after 2023 also started with a downspout, although not quite as severe as in previous years.

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Sanitary precautions upped in triple-border region

  

  Sanitary workers in the newly-created county of Fracrán in the Argentine province of Misiones have undertaken a house-by-house campaign to persuade people to get vaccinated against yellow fever, Covid-19, and measles, while residents were advised to up their precautions due to the increasing number of cases in neighboring Paraguay, where the first death due to chikungunya has been reported.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 21:27 UTC

  Cartes takes over as Paraguay's Colorado Party chairman

  

  Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartés was sworn in Tuesday afternoon as Chairman of the National Republican Association (ANR - also known as Colorado Party), replacing Congressman and Vice-Presidential hopeful Pedro Alliana.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  River navigation poses new challenges to Paraguay

  

  Weather and trade issues lie in the way of Paraguay's river trade, which is causing concern in Asunción for a country whose economy is heavily dependent on these waterways.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Paraguay River downspout nearing record lows

  

  Paraguayan shipping companies and authorities expressed their concern Tuesday after the downspout at the Paraguay River nears its third consecutive all-time low.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Pork exports growing in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan pork exports are looking at a brighter future for 2023, according to various positive developments on various fronts over the past few months, it was reported in Asunción.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 01:24 UTC

  Suspect in murder of Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia captured in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan authorities captured in Caracas a sixth suspect in the murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in May, when he was spending his honeymoon on a beach in the Colombian Caribbean, Colombian police reported on Wednesday. His crime has been linked to several judiciary processes, such as Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastian Marset, who allegedly ordered the death of the prosecutor.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Fifth wave of COVID-19 reported having started in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan health authorities Friday reported the beginning of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the country, where 621 new cases have been confirmed.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Paraguay rules out a Mercosur breakup and calls for consensus on decisions

  

  Paraguayan Foreign Minister, Julio César Arriola, ruled out on Thursday a break up within the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and ratified that his country supports that the decisions of that integration mechanism be adopted jointly and by consensus.