Paraguay

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 07:56 UTC

  Paraguay willing to continue talks with Mercosur and Bolivia on toll charges on the Parana/Paraguay Waterway

  

  Paraguay's recently instated president, Santiago Peña said he will continue engaging in dialogue with Argentina to reach a resolution regarding toll charges on the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway. “We do not deny the option of toll charges, but it should be an agreement among the five countries that use the waterway,” he asserted.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

  Paraguayan banana exporters concerned over Argentina not paying for shipments

  

  Paraguayan banana exporters met Monday in Asunción with Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano to seek help from the government in order to collect the debt from Argentine buyers who are behind in their payments of some US$ 6 million, it was reported. The producers fear the problem might get worse if no action is taken.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 09:11 UTC

  Paraguay and Brazil agree on data exchange to expedite border crossings

  

  Mercosur partners Paraguay and Brazil have agreed to exchange migratory information to strengthen bilateral security across mutual border crossings, it was reported in Asunción.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 14:36 UTC

  Argentina to keep collecting Paraná Waterway toll, FM says

  

  Argentina will continue to collect tolls from barges sailing through the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway “because it is something that was contemplated,” Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said this weekend after his Paraguayan colleague Rubén Ramírez's announcement last week otherwise. “A toll is not going to define the relationship between both countries,”.

• Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:32 UTC

  Peña and Massa hold meeting in Asunción

  

  Paraguay's President Santiago Peña and Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa met in Asunción Thursday to discuss the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam and the Paraná River waterway, among other topics of bilateral interest.

• Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Paraguay reforms Finance Ministry

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Wednesday signed into law a bill suppressing the Finance Ministry and creating a Ministry of Economy and Finance instead, it was reported in Asunción. The motion had been passed by the Lower House earlier this month.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Paraguay's new FM faced with further waterway negotiations

  

  Paraguay's new Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez met last week with representatives of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement Committee (CPTCP) to discuss the next steps toward the elimination of the toll of US$ 1.47 per ton of net register to river transport circulating through the “Port of Santa Fe-Confluencia” section unilaterally imposed by Argentina.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Paraguay to shift Israel embassy to Jerusalem this year

  

  Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Paraguay would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem before the end of 2023. Cohen made those remarks after meeting with the South American country's new President Santiago Peña in Asunción.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Minister for the Americas Rutley represented UK at the inauguration of Paraguayan president Santiago Peña

  

  UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley returned to Paraguay on Tuesday to attend the ceremony of the presidential inauguration of President Santiago Peña – a significant milestone in the democratic history of Paraguay.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

  Peña sworn in as President of Paraguay

  

  The 44-year-old economist Santiago Peña was sworn in Tuesday as the new president of Paraguay during a ceremony at Asunción's López Palace attended by several current and former South American and world leaders.