Tag: Paraguay

Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:31 UTC
Mercosur urgent health ministers meeting to address dengue, measles and coronavirus threat

Mercosur health ministers will be holding an urgent meeting this week in Paraguay to address the spread of dengue, the outbreak of measles and the possible arrival of the China coronavirus to the region.
Friday, January 31st 2020 - 08:48 UTC
Heavy rains and flooding forecasted for Asuncion, Paraguay and Porto Alegre, Brazil

Although flooding rain has already hit parts of Brazil so far in 2020, more rain and flooding could strike the southern part of the country in the coming week. In addition to southern Brazil, other parts of South America may also be threatened.
Monday, January 20th 2020 - 08:37 UTC
Massive escape from notorious Brazilian gang members from Paraguayan jail

At least 75 inmates, many of them members of a notorious Brazilian gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison in a border town on Sunday, according to authorities who said they immediately fired the prison’s director. Officials said they discovered a tunnel and found cells filled with as many as 200 bags of earth.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:53 UTC
Mercosur summit in Paraguay will address a review of the external tariff

The upcoming Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market Mercosur, to be held in late June or early July this year, will be held in Encarnacion, capital of Itapúa Department, Paraguay.
Saturday, December 14th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Trump and Abdo meet in Washington to talk about the Mercosur-US trade deal

US President Donald Trump and his Paraguayan colleague Mario Abdo Benítez Friday discussed in Washington a free trade agreement with Mercosur as well as other items of mutual interest, including beef import/exports and the crisis affecting various countries in South America.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Paraguay takes the chair of a quarrelsome strained Mercosur

Brazil on Thursday handed over the six-month rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc (Southern Common Market) to Paraguay. During a ceremony at the bloc's 55th summit in Bento Goncalves, Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro expressed confidence in his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benitez and his leadership skills.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Brazilian police seek the arrest of Paraguay ex president Cartes on money laundering

Brazilian police are seeking the arrest of Paraguay’s ex-President Horacio Cartes as part of an investigation into money laundering. On Tuesday, Brazilian authorities alleged Cartes provided US$500,000 to a criminal organization at the request of Dario Messer, a Brazilian associate who was then a fugitive facing corruption charges, prosecutors told reporters.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Ivanka Trump in Paraguay commits funds for women empowerment

Ivanka Trump met with Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez and female artisans on Friday as part of her tour of South America, announcing the commitment of an additional US$ 500 million for a fund to help women entrepreneurs in the region.
Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 19:00 UTC
Ivanka Trump will be visiting Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay

United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel with Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump to Colombia, Argentina, and Paraguay September 3-6.
Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Insufficient rainfall forecasted as Brazil's Amazon dry season end approaches

Weak rainfall is unlikely to extinguish a record number of fires raging in Brazil's Amazon anytime soon, with pockets of precipitation through to Sept 10 expected to bring only isolated relief, according to weather data and two experts.