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Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:15:00 GMT
Uruguayan drug trafficker involved in several crimes, accused of ordering murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci
Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset has been accused of ordering the death of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean, reported Colombian newspaper...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:38:00 GMT
Lugo still in serious condition after surgery
Former Paraguayan leftwing President Fernando Lugo underwent surgery Thursday and remains in intensive care in serious condition at an Asunción Sanatorium, it was reported.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:49:00 GMT
Former Paraguayan President Lugo in ICU
Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been hospitalized Wednesday in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after a stroke for which he remains under an induced coma, according to fellow leftwing Senator Jorge Querey, who is also...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:38:00 GMT
Brazil and Paraguay cut down energy prices at Itaipu
Authorities from Brazil and Paraguay have announced a reduction in the price of energy from the binational Itaipu power plant from US$ 22.60 to US$20.75 per kilowatt.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:13:00 GMT
US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Minister
Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:18:00 GMT
Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypox
Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:07:00 GMT
Paraguay has only 83 park rangers; it needs 5,000
Paraguayan authorities have admitted they only had 83 properly trained park rangers to guard some 2.4 million protected hectares, way below international standards of one for every 500 hectares.

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 08:23:00 GMT
Paraguayan President pledges to up intelligence funding
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez last week announced he would up funding for the National Intelligence Secretariat (SNI), an agency created in 2018. Abdo justified his move on the body's precarious budget, due to which ...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:15:00 GMT
UNWTO helping to promote tourism as a pillar of Paraguay's economic development
Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Benitez during the Renewable Energy and Sustainable Tourism event, welcomed this week UNWTO’s support as the county works to make tourism a central pillar of economic growth, social opportunity...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:34:00 GMT
Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announces
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.



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