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Paraguay

  • Friday, January 20th 2023 - 18:33 UTC

    Paraguayan President meets with Pope on second day of Italian tour

    A previous audience between Francis and Abdo had taken place in 2018

    Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday paid a visit to the Argentina-born Pope Francis in Vatican City. The encounter, held at 10.30 local time, lasted 20 minutes during which both leaders discussed the fight against poverty and the overcoming of inequalities, in addition to the challenges facing the Abdo administration regarding climate change in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Paraguay's Central Bank foresees 4% inflation for 2023

    “The Central Bank is going to fulfill its role of giving stability to prices,” Mora pledged

    Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) will target a 4% inflation for the year 2023 after a slowdown has already been detected, BCP Chief Economist Miguel Mora said Wednesday. The monetary authority will also seek to guarantee price stability for local consumers despite a depreciation of the guaraní (₲) against the US dollar.

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

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

    Primary products, soybeans and sesame, had the greatest negative impact on exports, while corn had the greatest positive impact

    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 Itaipú floodgates had remained closed for way over one year

    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

    Only 9 cases of dengue have been registered so far this year in Paraguay, against 1,244 cases of chikungunya

    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

    The ANR is now expected to close ranks behind presidential candidate Santiago Peña

    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

    The Paraguay River is not 100% navigable, Gómez explained

    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

    Cafym's Esteban Dos Santos stressed that “it is imperative that the dredging works start.”

    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

    “Pork and chicken are the most consumed protein in the world,” Camperchioli insisted

    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

    Authorities have not determined the intellectual authors of the murder of Pecci, who investigated drug trafficking and organized crime cases.

    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.