Tag: Tabesa

• Friday, August 9th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

  Paraguay urges US to speed up Ambassador's departure

  

  The Paraguayan Government Thursday asked the United States to speed up the departure from Asunción of Ambassador Marc Ostfield after the diplomat spoke in favor of the sanctions applied by the OFAC to the tobacco company Tabesa, linked to former President Horacio Cartes, the mentor of the incumbent Santiago Peña.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazil seizes contraband of Paraguayan cigarettes, some from president Cartes factory

  

  Brazilian authorities have reported the seizure of a huge contraband of cigarettes from Paraguay, and some of the brands in the boxes belong to a well known tobacco company in Asunción, which belongs to president Horacio Cartes.