Tag: Paraguay

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Paraguay takes over Prosur's pro-tempore Presidency

  

  Paraguay Thursday took over from Colombia the pro tempore Presidency of the Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (Prosur), during a ceremony in Cartagena de Indias.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 19:22 UTC

  Paraguay on digitalization path for imported vehicles paperwork

  

  Paraguayan Customs authorities have announced this week yearly savings worth G $ 800 million annually (US $ 116,000) thanks to new digital certificates which will replace the old ones printed on paper.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  Paraguayans do not hold President Abdo in high regard

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez's ratings of approval have plunged significantly, according to a survey by the Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (Celag), which showed 8 out 10 people had a negative image of the head of state.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 07:23 UTC

  Chinese investors eye Paraguay for Bitcoin production

  

  Paraguay is to receive large investments to install 500,000 Bitcoin miners, as at least eight Chinese economic groups have expressed their interest in relocating their operations to the South American country thanks to its favorable legislation.

• Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Paraguay Customs reach 'Zero Paper' deal to import vehicles and agricultural machinery

  

  Paraguay's National Customs Directorate (DNA) and the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) have reached an agreement whereby a Digital Nationalization Certificate was created to speed up the import of vehicles and agricultural machinery, it was announced Friday

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 08:24 UTC

  Paraguay to import large amounts of medical oxygen from Brazil

  

  Paraguay's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday announced 784 tons of oxygen for medical use had been cleared for import from Brazil as part of the anticoronavirus efforts.

• 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, April 30th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Paraguay one of the countries to first bounce back after post coronavirus

  

  Mercosur member Paraguay has a high likelihood of bouncing back best once the novel coronavirus is contained, Rebeca Grynspan, head of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), told Radio Nacional del Paraguay on Thursday.

• Monday, April 27th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Mercosur: Argentina only interested in block's negotiations with Europe

  

  In the midst of the chaotic situation caused by the pandemic, the Argentine government announced the abandonment of Mercosur negotiations to prioritize the country’s domestic economy and the struggle against the virus. The rest of the bloc members must evaluate legal, institutional, and operational measures emerging from the decision.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Parana river water level hampering grain transport in the midst of peak harvest

  

  Below normal rains in the Parana-Paraguay water basin is hampering grain transport through waterways in Argentina as the water level of the river has dropped significantly, Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, or BCR, said in a report.