Tag: Paraguay corruption

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Paraguayan FM, US Ambassdor to Asunción discuss security issues

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Julio César Arriola and US Ambassador Marc Ostfield Monday held a meeting in Asunción to discuss strengthening the fight against corruption, the mutual quest for security, and “promoting mutual and inclusive economic prosperity.”

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 19:24 UTC

  Paraguayan lawmaker aims at curbing wages of elected officials

  

  Paraguayan Senator Payo Cubas submitted a bill whereby all elected officials may not earn above five minimum wages and renounce all other privileges such as the current retirement scheme.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  New president takes office in Paraguay pledging to combat poverty and corruption

  

  Mario Abdo Benitez, “Marito”, took over as Paraguay's new president on Wednesday, replacing a seemingly disgruntled Horacio Cartes, who left the inauguration ceremony before it finished. Abdo Benitez, 46, promised to combat poverty and entrenched corruption, and urged Paraguayans to “look toward the future and not remain stuck in the past” as he took the oath of office to start a five-year term.