Paraguay
Thu, 26 May 2022 09:59:00 GMTFormer Paraguay keeper gets prison sentence for defamation
Former Paraguay national team goalkeeper and captain José Luis Félix Chilavert has been handed down a one-year suspended prison sentence for acts of defamation against South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Presiden...
Tue, 24 May 2022 10:25:00 GMTInvesting elsewhere too easy for Argentine entrepreneurs
Argentine entrepreneurial migrants who seek a better future elsewhere prefer Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, and Portugal to start anew, it was reported.
Mon, 23 May 2022 09:26:00 GMTParaguayan mayor dies after days in ICU following attack by hitmen
The Paraguayan Department of Amambay has declared three days of mourning following the death of José Carlos Acevedo, mayor of the city of Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC), and brother of Amambay's Governor Ronald Acevedo, who signed...
Fri, 20 May 2022 09:50:00 GMTColombian VP says progress made on Pecci's murder probe
Paraguayan and Colombian authorities Thursday announced progress was being made in the investigation of Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci's May 10 murder while honeymooning in an exclusive Caribbean beach resort.
Wed, 18 May 2022 10:00:00 GMTParaguayan mayor in critical condition after taking 7 shots
The 53-year-old mayor of the Paraguayan town of Pedro Juan Caballero was in critical condition early Wednesday following his assassination attempt Tuesday afternoon.
Mon, 16 May 2022 09:55:00 GMTUruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always be...
Mon, 16 May 2022 09:47:00 GMTMurdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest
Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.
Sat, 14 May 2022 09:25:00 GMTLacalle arrives in Asunción to discuss Mercosur issues
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou landed Friday evening at Asunción to discuss a series of proposals to modernize Mercosur with his hosting colleague Mario Abdo Benítez.
Sat, 14 May 2022 08:22:00 GMTColombian police suspect “someone close” was behind Pecci's murder
Sleuths investigating in Colombia the murder of Paraguayan special anti-drug Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci suspect someone “very close” to the victim was behind Tuesday's lethal attack on the honeymooning official, it was report...
Fri, 13 May 2022 19:50:00 GMTParaguay braces for slight increase in coronavirus cases
Paraguayan Health authorities Friday announced they were expecting a slight rebound in the number of COVID-19 cases, based on local data and on that from neighboring countries.