Tag: Paraguay

Thursday, December 9th 2010 - 07:57 UTC
Paraguay/Argentina Mercosur conflict: unions declare “five-day truce”

The blockade of landlocked Paraguay’s maritime and fluvial trade which threatens Mercosur unity has been “granted” a five-day truce by the Argentine maritime workers union responsible for the industrial action.
Thursday, December 2nd 2010 - 21:56 UTC
Paraguayan grains and oil seeds 2010 crop reached a record 12.7 million tons

Paraguay summer and winter crops in 2010 totalled 12.688.908 tons establishing a new record according to agronomist Luis Cubilla from the Agriculture Biotechnology Institute. The last best harvest was in 2008 with 10.5 million tons.
Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 05:35 UTC
Paraguay summons US ambassador: who wasn’t spied or followed?

Paraguay's Foreign Minister, Héctor Lacognata, summoned US Ambassador in Asunción Liliana Ayalde to express the concerns raised among the Paraguayan government after Wikileaks reported that US diplomats have been conducting numerous espionage activities within the country.
Monday, October 4th 2010 - 00:36 UTC
Paraguayan president allegedly “recovering”, back in office next Wednesday

Paraguay's cancer-stricken president Fernando Lugo is “lucid, ”perfectly fine” and will not require surgery at this point, his doctor said Sunday. The president is currently undergoing treatment at the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in San Paolo, Brazil.
Saturday, October 2nd 2010 - 05:55 UTC
Rio Tinto/Alcan confirm interest in building aluminium industry in Paraguay

Rio Tinto Alcan presented the Paraguayan government a project for the construction of an industrial park which is to complement the aluminium plant it is planning to start in the land-locked Mercosur member country.
Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 03:43 UTC
Paraguayan president health condition causes unrest among lawmakers

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo undergoing treatment for a lymphatic cancer is limiting activities to “administrative affairs” while a growing number of opposition lawmakers are seriously considering requesting his resignation or a larger share of responsibilities with his Vice-President Federico Franco.
Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:15 UTC
Paraguay’s tourism revenue in 2009 totalled 204 million US dollars

Foreign tourists left an estimated 204 million US dollars in land-locked Paraguay in 2009, according to figures made public by the head of the Tourism Office Liz Cramer, during a seminar held this week at the Central Bank.
Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 03:51 UTC
Paraguay meat exports reach 530 million USD in seven months

Mercosur junior member Paraguay exported over 100.000 tons of beef generating 395 million US dollars during the first seven months of 2010, according to the country’s National Animal Health and Food Quality Service, Senacsa.
Monday, August 16th 2010 - 03:42 UTC
Bolivian gas and Paraguayan electricity for a deep sea port in Uruguay

Physical integration particularly in energy and access to the sea were two of the main issues addressed by the presidents of Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, (Fernando Lugo, Jose Mujica and Evo Morales), during their Sunday meeting in Asunción in the framework of Urupabol, the regional group which brings together the three countries.
Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 08:23 UTC
Lugo returns to Paraguay; Sunday he meets presidents Morales and Mujica

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo is expected Saturday morning back in the capital Asunción from Sao Paulo where he underwent a first treatment of chemotherapy after earlier in the week he was diagnosed with a lymphoma which has extended to the chest and a vertebrae.