Paraguay

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Bioceanic Corridor feared to be seized by traffickers

  

  Paraguayan Senator Esperanza Martínez of the leftwing Frente Guasú party has raised concerns over a scandal involving the sale of public land at the head of the Bioceanic Corridor bridge in Carmelo Peralta. The lawmaker claimed that “narcos” were seizing the territory

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:11 UTC

  Paraguay's population reported to be ageing

  

  Paraguay faces an impending demographic transition that will see its adult elderly population double within the next 25 years due to the accelerated aging of its currently large youth segment, according to warnings from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

• Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:54 UTC

  Embarrassing: Paraguayan gov't builds bridge inside private property

  

  Paraguay's Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) was involved in a shameful scandal after one of the bridges of a road under construction wound up within private property, it was reported Friday in Asunción.

• Wednesday, November 19th 2025 - 11:26 UTC

  Paraguay: 700 families left homeless by storm

  

  A severe storm system swept across central and southern Paraguay over the weekend, generating destructive winds and causing widespread damage. Additionally, separate, sustained rainfall in the Chaco region threatens to isolate communities due to impassable roads.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 10:34 UTC

  Argentina launches “Paraná Plan” to target Waterway crime

  

  The Argentine Government has launched the “Paraná Plan,” a major interagency initiative designed to curb federal crimes and reinforce border security along the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway, a vital trade route increasingly exploited by transnational criminal organizations.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Espionage case between Brazil and Paraguay closed

  

  Paraguay has formally closed a diplomatic incident involving alleged Brazilian intelligence activities on its soil after Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira delivered a confidential report and clarifications to his counterpart, Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, on Monday.

• Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

  Paraguay signs State modernization agreement with El Salvador

  

  Paraguay has signed a cooperation agreement with El Salvador to improve its public sector, citing the need for greater efficiency amid global economic instability. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was reached between Paraguay's National Institute of Public Administration (INAPP) and the Higher School of Innovation in Public Administration (ESIAP) of El Salvador.

• Friday, November 14th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

  Yacyretá: Construction resumes at Aña Cuá arm

  

  Paraguay and Argentina officially restarted construction Thursday on the Aña Cuá arm of the Yacyretá-Apipe hydroelectric dam, ending a two-year paralysis caused by financial disputes.

• Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 09:35 UTC

  Over 64,000 new formal jobs created in Paraguay this year

  

  Formal employment in Paraguay has reached a new historic record, with the country adding nearly 64,000 new formal jobs so far in 2025, according to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MTESS).

• Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 19:44 UTC

  Paraguay launches Operation Guaraní Shield against transnational criminal groups

  

  Paraguayan authorities activated this week the first phase of a massive deployment of its Armed Forces along its borders with Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia, launching Operation “Guarani Shield” to contain transnational criminal organizations.