Tag: Santiago Peña

• Thursday, January 23rd 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Chargé d'Affairs takes over US Embassy in Asunción on an interim basis

  

  As controversial US Ambassador Marc Ostfield completed his assignment in Asunción, the US diplomatic mission was left temporarily under Chargé d'Affairs Amir Masliyah -who has been Deputy Mission Chief since July 2022.

• Monday, January 20th 2025 - 06:30 UTC

  Peña tells González Urrutia about Paraguay's support for democracy in Venezuela

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña met Sunday in Washington DC with Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, whom many believed should have been sworn in on Jan. 10 last after winning the controversial July 28, 2024, elections where the incumbent Nicolás Maduro claimed to have prevailed despite producing no evidence thereto besides declarations from offices controlled by the Chavista regime.

• Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

  Leading risk rating agency further ups Paraguay's gradings

  

  Paraguay's review by the international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has been upgraded from “stable to positive,” it was announced Wednesday in Asunción, as President Santiago Peña welcomed this new recognition.

• Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

  Paraguayan President reshuffles Industry Ministry

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Tuesday reshuffled his country's Industry and Commerce Ministry (MIC) by appointing Businessman Marco Riquelme as the new Deputy Minister of Industry, given his vision of a more industrial nation matching that of the head of State. “It is a dream that we have been sharing from an industrial family and as part of the guild. The idea is to join my efforts to make this dream come true in the shortest possible time”, said Riquelme.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 22:00 UTC

  Paraguay recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as President-elect and breaks diplomatic ties with Caracas

  

  The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña Monday announced it was recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections in Venezuela, which prompted a diplomatic breakup with Nicolás Maduro's regime.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  González Urrutia recalls that his inauguration would make him commander-in-chief of Venezuela's armed forces

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia who insists he won the controversial July 28 elections and will be sworn in next Friday in Caracas warned his country's armed forces that, as of that day, he will become their “commander in chief.” As such, he demanded absolute loyalty, which has nonetheless been pledged to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro.

• Friday, December 27th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  Paraguay passes tougher law on child abuse

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña signed into law Thursday a new bill providing for harsher jail penalties for sexual abusers of children and adolescents to protect the integrity of victims, it was explained.

• Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

  Paraguay: Peña backs official who cut ties with DEA and backtracked

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña insisted that Jalil Rachid should not resign as head of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) despite sending a note to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stopping all cooperation and then recanting after finding out an agreement dating back to 2022 was in force.

• Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

  Paraguay backtracks on DEA cooperation breakup

  

  The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña reversed its decision to stop all cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, citing an agreement signed in 2022 during Mario Abdo Benítez's administration, of which nobody seemed to have been aware.

• Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 09:52 UTC

  Paraguayan President discusses energy and business with Chubut Governor

  

  Paraguay's President Santiago Peña met Tuesday with Ignacio Torres, Governor of the Argentine Patagonian Province of Chubut, at the Mburuvicha Roga Residence in Asunción to discuss bilateral issues. The Argentine official also held encounters with local businessmen.