Tag: Ciudad del Este

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:28 UTC

  Paraguay launches probe into Emtrasur 747's Ciudad del Este stop

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez has instructed the Anti-corruption Minister René Fernández to request the Prosecutor's Office to launch a probe into the stop in Ciudad del Este in May of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 aircraft with Iranian pilots currently held in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil installs sanitary control facilities near Paraguayan border

  

  Brazil health authorities Thursday set up a huge awning about 50 meters from the International Friendship Bridge crossing into Paraguay to carry out quick COVID-19 tests. The campaign will span for two weeks and will not be mandatory.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 06:49 UTC

  Police arrests alleged leading Hezbollah financier in the triple border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

  

  Brazilian police on Friday arrested a Lebanese citizen on suspicions of raising funds for Lebanon-based Shiite military group Hezbollah, which the United States considers a terrorist group.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2010 - 00:03 UTC

  Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay Angry with Oscar-Winning Director Bigelow Film Project

  

  Argentine Secretary of Tourism said Enrique Meyer said that Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay are angry with Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's latest project, a film focusing on a border region, shared by the three countries and thought to be a centre for smuggling and terror financing.