Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 00:17 UTC

Tag: Carlos Giménez

  • Monday, May 13th 2024 - 20:09 UTC

    Paraguayan beef granted entry into Canadian market

    It took Paraguay's producers almost three years and a half of learning and negotiating to reach this goal

    Canada's Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) greenlighted the entry of Paraguayan meat into their market with nine packing plants already authorized to start shipments. Paraguayan President Santiago Peña celebrated the good news with postings on social media. “I congratulate all the institutions and sectors involved for this important achievement,” he wrote.

  • Tuesday, March 26th 2024 - 20:55 UTC

    Asunción's Lower House condemns US Senate's decision banning Paraguayan beef

    After the first shipment in January, Paraguay's beef is facing a Congressional rejection in Washington DC

    Paraguay's Lower House unanimously passed a resolution objecting to the US Senate's decision to ban meat imports from the South American country while urging lawmakers in Washington DC to honor the technical reports attesting to the safety of the merchandise, it was reported in Asunción.

  • Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Paraguayan Agriculture Minister has doubts about climate change

    “I have my doubts that climate change is real,” Giménez said in a radio interview

    Paraguay's Agriculture Minister Carlos Giménez said Wednesday that he was seriously doubting there was such a thing as climate change. “There have always been droughts and floods in Paraguay,” he pointed out in a broadcast interview in Asunción.