Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 23:48 UTC

Tag: Santiago Peña

  • Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

    Paraguay: Peña ready to be sworn in as President

    Peña became finance minister under the “significantly corrupt” Cartes at the age of 37

    Economist Santiago Peña of the National Republican Assembly (ANR) also known as the Colorado Party is to be sworn in Tuesday as Paraguay's new head of state during a ceremony in Asunción which will be attended by several former and current Latin American leaders such as Argentina's Alberto Fernández; Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou, Chile's Gabriel Boric Font and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora.

  • Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Lula visits Lugo ahead of Peña's inauguration

    Lugo understands everything, but cannot extend himself in prolonged answers, his doctor explained

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday visited former Paraguayan head of state Fernando Lugo while in Asunción for Santiago Peña's inauguration Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Paraguay’s new President wants change at home and abroad

    Paraguayan president Santiago Peña with Brazilian leader Lula da Silva

    By Julieta Heduvan (*) – Santiago Peña assumes Paraguay’s presidency this Tuesday August 15 with a number of advantages, including a supportive Congress. But he faces also numerous challenges, as he tries to unite his party, manage the influence of his political mentor—businessman and former President Horacio Cartes—and handle international negotiations, from the Itaipú accord to U.S. sanctions against Paraguayan politicians.

  • Friday, August 11th 2023 - 11:48 UTC

    “EU approach on trade accord with Mercosur is simply unacceptable,” Paraguayan President elect Peña

    Peña's comments on trade talks are the strongest since winning election in April, underscore rising tensions between the European block and Mercosur

    Paraguay President-elect Santiago Peña has said that Mercosur and the European Union should put on hold talks over a free trade agreement since the current environmental demands from the EU are “unacceptable.”

  • Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Paraguayan President-elect meets with Argentine and Uruguayan leaders

    Peña first met with Fernández in Buenos Aires and then had lunch in Montevideo with Lacalle

    Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Peña Monday met in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Alberto Fernández and later in the day, he traveled to Montevideo for an encounter with President Luis Lacalle Pou as both La Plata River leaders were preparing to travel to Brasilia for the South American Summit convened by Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

  • Wednesday, May 17th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Paraguay to resume diplomatic ties with Venezuela, President-elect says

    “We cannot ideologize diplomatic relations and integration,” Peña said

    Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Peña will re-establish diplomatic ties with Venezuela without conditions after he is sworn in in August, it was reported. Peña is on a Mercosur tour meeting those heads of state who will shortly become his colleagues. After Brazil, he will meet with his counterparts in Uruguay and Argentina.

  • Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Colorado Party's Peña wins Paraguayan elections

    Among his campaign promises, Peña pledged to maintain ties with Taipei

    Santiago Peña of the ruling National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party, won Sunday's elections in Paraguay and will become the South American country's new president on Aug. 15, it was reported in Asunción. Turnout stood at 63.11% despite voting being mandatory.

  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 12:08 UTC

    Paraguay chooses new President

    Peña or Alegre? One of them will become President-elect later Sunday

    Since 7 am local time Sunday (GMT -4), around 4.78 million Paraguayans started voting for the new President, who will take over from Mario Abdo Benítez on Aug. 15, it was reported in Asunción. As per Paraguayan law, there is no runoff, so whoever gets the most votes Sunday, even by the slightest of differences, will be declared the winner.

  • Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

    Inflation once again brings on increase in poverty throghout Paraguay

    Future increases in the reference interest rate by the BCP are on the radar

    Analysts foresee official data for the year 2021 will show an increase in poverty for the second straight year in Paraguay and will reach almost 30% due mainly to increasing inflation, analysts said Tuesday.

Next