Paraguay

• Wednesday, January 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Maersk appoints commercial director for Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay

  

  A.P.Moller-Maersk announced the arrival of Douglas Piagentini as its new commercial director for the East Coast of Latin America made up of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

• Saturday, December 12th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Argentina takes over the Mercosur chair for six months next 16 December

  

  Uruguay will hand to Argentina next 16 December the pro tempore chair of the South American trade bloc Mercosur. The ceremony as happened six months before with Paraguay will be virtual given the coronavirus pandemic, according to a release from the Uruguayan Executive Office.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  China competes in the dredging of Paraguay/Parana Waterway which handles 90 million tons of grains

  

  A Chinese company entered the competition to manage a section of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, joining four European companies seeking to win the concession to deepen the draft and provide maintenance on approximately 1,238 kilometers of the river course beginning in 2021.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Paraguay admits transexual lawyer into bar after a five-year dispute

  

  Paraguay's Supreme Court Chief Justice Alberto Martínez Simón Monday took the oath from female transexual lawyer Kimberly Ayala to enter the professional registry after being denied her right twice on the grounds that her ID name did not match her physical appearance.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 23:53 UTC

  “Why all the fuss about Malvinas and not a word on Formosa which Argentina should return to Paraguay?”

  

  “Why all the fuss about the Malvinas, all the indoctrination which starts at school claiming the Islands, and not a word about the province of Formosa which should be returned to Paraguay and we took as spoils of the Triple War in 1870?”, asks Argentine writer Federico Jeanmaire, a well-known author of several best sellers.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Drought and wildfires devastating South America's wetlands and forests

  

  Experts say the wildfires in a region that spans Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay – especially the region between the Paraguay, Parana, and Uruguay rivers – have become critical in 2020.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Decomposed human remains found in a fertilizer container in Paraguay

  

  The decomposed remains of seven people, believed to be undocumented migrants, have been discovered in a fertilizer container in Paraguay, officials said. It set off from Serbia on 21 July.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Chile exports beef to China, and imports from Paraguay for domestic consumption

  

  Chilean beef exports reached 16,673 tons between January and August 2020, a 35.7% over the same period last year according to data from the Bovine Meat Bulletin released by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA).

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Paraguay declares national emergency as forest fires rage across Chaco

  

  Paraguay’s Congress declared a national emergency as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranches, jaguars and many indigenous tribes.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Mercosur hosts World Tourism Day 2020 official celebrations

  

  For the first time in the history of World Tourism Day, the 2020 official celebration will be hosted by a group of countries and not a single UNWTO Member State. The cross-border cooperation of Mercosur Member States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay plus Chile, Member Associate) reflects the current need for international solidarity and cooperation. This is especially true for tourism, working together towards a common goal.