Paraguay

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  Spanish Queen Letizia lands in Paraguay on a 3-day tour

  

  Spain's Queen Letizia has landed Tuesday evening at Asunción Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, where she was welcomed by First Lady Silvana Abdo, Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo and Madrid's Ambassador Carmen Castiella Ruiz.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Rotterdam seizes four tons of cocaine shipped from Paraguay via Uruguay

  

  Netherlands Customs officers have seized what is considered the largest haul this year, over four tons of cocaine at the port of Rotterdam with an estimated value of US$ 362 million. The drug was found in soy bags that were destined for Portugal and are of Paraguayan origin using Uruguay as the port of transit.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina: Paraguayan guaraní becomes hard currency in the absence of US dollar bills

  

  The demand for Paraguayan guaranís in the Argentine province of Misiones has been developed as desperate locals are unable to find US dollar bills with which to protect their savings from rampant devaluation and growing inflation, it was reported.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  South Korea to submit final plan for Paraguayan commuter train next month

  

  South Korea is to submit a Final Commuter Rail Proposal to the Paraguayan Government by Nov. 20, Ferrocarriles del Paraguay SA (Fepasa) CEO Lauro Ramírez announced Wednesday. The new commuter train line will link Asunción to Ypacaraí.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 20:05 UTC

  Bright future ahead for Paraguay's economy

  

  Paraguay's Treasury Monday forecast economic growth of 4.5% by the end of 2021, it was announced.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 19:22 UTC

  Paraguay on digitalization path for imported vehicles paperwork

  

  Paraguayan Customs authorities have announced this week yearly savings worth G $ 800 million annually (US $ 116,000) thanks to new digital certificates which will replace the old ones printed on paper.

• 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.