Paraguay

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Controversial former Paraguayan Senator González Daher dies aged 68

  

  Former Paraguayan Senator Óscar González Daher has died aged 68 Thursday afternoon at a clinic in the city of Luque, Central Department, it was reported.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Former FARC leader not arrested in Mexico, just deported

  

  Former Colombian guerrilla leader Rodrigo Granda, who was denied entry into Mexico Tuesday, was deported back to his native country. He explained he had never been under arrest.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Former FARC leader arrested upon arriving in Mexico

  

  Former Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) leader Rodrigo Granda has been arrested upon landing in Mexico by Interpol.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Paraguay has 180 days to repair environmental damages, says UN

  

  The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled in Geneva that indigenous people are affected by Paraguayan companies spreading pesticides in areas neighbouring homes, schools, roads and rivers thus affecting the water supply to indigenous peoples, causing “diarrhoea, vomiting, respiratory problems and headaches,” were entitled to reparations.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur: Argentina, Paraguay agree to review CET

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministers Santiago Cafiero Friday welcomed his Paraguayan counterpart Euclides Acevedo at the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral issues.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Reopening of land-crossings between Argentina and Paraguay nears

  

  People on both sides of the Argentina / Paraguay border eagerly await the prompt reopening of land crossings between the two countries.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine FM hold a successful meeting with Brazil's Economy Minister as part of his mission rebuilding Mercosur ties

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, Ambassador Daniel Scioli and Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas Saturday met in Brasilia with Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes to deepen the new economic ties between the two countries

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 23:03 UTC

  No more time restrictions for circulation of people imminent in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan authorities are considering lifting sanitary restrictions nationwide in view of the low level of contagion of COVID-19 recorded over the past few days.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 04:12 UTC

  IACHR finds Paraguay guilty of arbitrary dismissal against two Supreme Court Justices in 2003

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled Paraguay was liable for violating judicial independence after arbitrarily dismissing Supreme Court Justices Bonifacio Ríos Ávalos and Carlos Fernández Gadea through impeachment in 2003.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Paraguay and Chile closer to bilateral FTA after Piñera visit

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera's visit to Asunción has left his country closer to a free trade agreement with Paraguay, it was announced.