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Montevideo, February 1st 2026 - 22:42 UTC

Tag: Santiago Peña

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Presidents Milei and Peña review bilateral issues at Casa Rosada

    During their encounter at Casa Rosada, Milei and Peña also discussed the case of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, among other issues

    Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Javier Milei of Argentina met Wednesday in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral interests, such as the Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY), the border crossing between both countries, trade integration, and free trade agreements between Mercosur and other regions.

  • Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Paraguayan President due in Buenos Aires for meeting with Milei

    Peña and Milei only met before once: on Dec. 10 for the Argentine President's inauguration

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is making a snap trip to Buenos Aires on Wednesday to meet with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, who has just returned from Italy. It will be their second encounter after Milei's Dec. 10 inauguration.

  • Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

    Paraguay successfully issues bonds in local currency

    “This is a great step for our country, Paraguay is moving forward,” President Peña said

    The Government of Paraguay made history Monday by issuing international bonds worth US$ 500 million for the first time in local currency, it was reported in Asunción. “Paraguay makes history by issuing for the first time bonds in guaraníes in the international market. This means that from now on Paraguayan companies will be able to issue abroad, both in guaraníes and dollars, since they will have a reference interest rate to do so,” President Santiago Peña said.

  • Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    British delegation discusses sustainable developments with Paraguayan gov't

    Paraguay is regarded as a nation of sustainable and green production, which respects the environment, Giménez explained

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña met Tuesday in Asunción with a British delegation to review possible sustainable investments in the South American country.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Paraguay sides with Machado and the Venezuelan people

    Machado won the opposition primaries by a landslide but is banned from running in the presidential elections to be held in the second semester of 2024

    The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña issued a statement Sunday condemning the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) decision to uphold the disenfranchisement of opposition leader María Corina Machado who has therefore been banned from running for the Miraflores Palace.

  • Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 12:24 UTC

    Itaipú: No progress after Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet

    Peña and Lula will meet again to discuss the price of electricity from itaipú

    Talks between Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Santiago Peña of Paraguay reached nowhere Monday in Brasilia as both leaders failed to reach an agreement over the Itaipú dam electricity fares. However, dialogue will continue.

  • Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Paraguayan president says he is inspired by Bukele

    Photos of Operation Veneratio showed inmates face down, seated, on their knees, and in underwear, Bukele-style

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña confirmed in an international interview with CNN that he was inspired by his El Salvador colleague Nayib Bukele when launching Operation Veneratio this week, a move to dismantle virtual ownership by the notorious Rotela Clan drug gang of the Tacumbú Penitentiary in Asunción.

  • Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Operation Veneratio leaves 12 dead at Asunción jailhouse

    The Tacumbú prison had become a center from where criminal groups operated, Peña explained

    One law enforcement officer and 11 inmates were killed Monday during the so-called Operation Veneratio at Asunción's Tacumbú Prison through which the administration of President Santiago Peña put an end to unthinkable privileges granted to incarcerated drug lord Armando Javier Rotela and his gang, which virtually ran the place.

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    Paraguay takes over rotating presidency of Mercosur; FTA with Singapore announced

    “I invite you to dream big together,” Peña told his fellow Presidents

    “There is no Mercosur where only some people do well,” said Paraguayan President Santiago Peña on taking up his new role within the bloc, which in his view is bound for “great achievements.” Peña underlined that, globally, Mercosur faced four challenges: access to water, food security, energy sufficiency, and resilience in logistics chains.

  • Friday, December 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Pedro Sánchez promises Paraguayan president to work for Mercosur deal finalizing

    Peña insisted that Mercosur has other arrangements in sight, such as Singapore and the United Arab Emirates

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a telephone conversation this week with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña during which he insisted on his country's commitment to finalizing the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur while he held the rotating presidency of the northern alliance. The deal would unite 800 million people and represent a quarter of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If things go on as projected, Mercosur would obtain duty-free access for 93% of its exports to the EU, with a 10-year deadline to achieve this goal.