Paraguay

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 11:59 UTC

  Covid-19: Paraguay eyes harsher measures as Easter restrictions yield results below expectations

  

  Paraguay's Health Ministry Friday admitted further restrictions are under consideration after a strict lockdown and other measures imposed during the Easter weekend failed to yield the desired results regarding a slowdown in the spread of the covid-19 disease.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Paraguay grosses US $ 474 million in March for soybean exports

  

  According to a report from Paraguay's National Customs Directorate (DNA) released Friday, exports of soybean and its derivatives bounced back in March up to 1.1 million tons, worth US $ 474.4 million.

• Tuesday, April 6th 2021 - 08:14 UTC

  Paraguay to launch international public tender for medication required in covid-19 treatment

  

  Paraguay's Health Ministry Monday announced it would launch an international public tender in search of sourcing from foreign suppliers of medicines and equipment for the fight against Sars-CoV-2.

• Monday, April 5th 2021 - 07:46 UTC

  Life almost back at normal in Paraguay except for curfew and crowd limits

  

  Paraguay's government Sunday issued Decree 5,071 whereby the strict measures implemented during Easter Week have been lifted, but a curfew from midnight to 5am shall remain in force, it was announced.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 06:51 UTC

  Paraguay: Foreign Minister cries for US, Taiwan help with Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Tuesday cried out to the world, particularly Taiwan and the United States, for anti-covid-19 vaccines to curb the spread of the disease which has killed over 4,000 people so far.

• Sunday, March 28th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Mercosur has no raison d’être if members go rogue according Argentine Foreign Ministry top official

  

  In the aftermath of Friday's presidential clash between Alberto Fernández and Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou over the Mercosur's alleged lack of “flexibility,” Argentine Foreign Ministry's Cabinet Chief Guillermo Chaves said Saturday in a radio interview that the bloc's fundamental identity was to negotiate jointly on behalf of all members, but if each partner was allowed to hold deals individually, the association would lose its raison d'être.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 10:23 UTC

  Presidents of Uruguay, Argentina clash during Mercosur online summit

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Lacalle Pou his country did not want to be “a burden on anyone” when the latter called for signs of “flexibilization” on the part of Mercosur to allow member states to seek unilateral foreign trade agreements elsewhere without the bloc's approval.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Paraguay under strict lockdown as of Saturday

  

  Paraguay has decreed a strict state of lockdown as of this Saturday at 00.00 as a measure to curb the spread of the Sars-Cov-2 virus, particularly the Brazilian P1 variant, also known as Manaus, and which has been affecting the country's health system severely in the past days.

• Wednesday, March 24th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Paraguay's Health Minister: total quarantine imminent

  

  Paraguay's Health Minister Julio Borba Tuesday said a total quarantine was likely to be imposed nationwide starting this coming weekend as covid-19 cases are on the rise.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Fourth day of protests in Paraguay because of government's handling of the pandemic

  

  Groups of Paraguayans protested around the Congress on Monday, marking the fourth day of protests amid calls to impeach President Mario Abdo over the government's handling of the Covid-19 health crisis.