Paraguay

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Paraguay in the process of switching Taiwan for the Chinese market?

  

  Is Paraguay about to dump Taiwan for China? Landlocked Paraguay and a leading exporter of soybeans and beef, plus an ample surplus of hydroelectric energy, is the only country in South America, and Mercosur member, that still has full diplomatic relations with Taipei, and continues to give its back to Beijing, but this could be changing or in a transition process.

• Friday, September 30th 2022 - 19:03 UTC

  One official dead as Paraguay's Electoral Court HQs go down in flames

  

  One person was killed in Asunción as the headquarters of Paraguay's Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice (TSJE) went on fire Thursday two and a half months before the primaries. Thousands of electronic ballot boxes were also engulfed by the flames-

• Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Mercosur partners concentrate most of Paraguay's foreign trade

  

  Paraguay's foreign commerce of manufactured and agro-industrial goods reached US$ 3,383 million during the first eight months of 2022, with a clear predominance of Mercosur partners, points out the country's Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Abdo tells Biden US is a strategic partner of Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez and his US colleague Joseph Biden Thursday agreed on the importance of “democratic values” during their meeting in New York.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Drilling in search of oil in Paraguay to continue

  

  Despite previous comments that there was no commercial oil available in Paraguay's soil, President Energy is to drill its third well in the Chaco region, it was announced Thursday.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 19:52 UTC

  Slight cut in price of Paraguayan fuel labeled insufficient

  

  Paraguay's state-run oil company Petropar has announced a reduction of PYG 250 (US$ 0.036) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), marketed under the brand Ñande, and of PYG 150 (US$ 0.022) for 88-octane gasoline known as Kape, effective this coming Friday.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:19 UTC

  Progress reported in Lugo's health

  

  Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was reported Monday to be recovering well from the stroke he had on Aug. 10 and for which he underwent surgery in Asunción, fellow Senator Jorge Querey, who is also Lugo's personal physician, said.

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Lugo lands in Buenos Aires to continue his recuperation

  

  Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has landed in Buenos Aires to carry on with his recuperation after a stroke almost a month ago in Asunción, for which he underwent surgery.

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Football fans want former Paraguayan president extradited to US

  

  Paraguayan football fans supporting Olimpia chanted Wednesday evening “extradition for Horacio” in reference to former President Horacio Cartés' designation by the US State Department as “significantly corrupt.”

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:11 UTC

  Paraguay has new chief of anti-money-laundering bureau

  

  On his first day on his new job as Paraguay's Secretary of Prevention against Money Laundering (Seprelad), said his country was better equipped now to face the challenges posed by Tuesday's report from the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat) which resulted in his appointment.