America Paraguay Sanctions imposed by the US on Vice President Hugo Velazquez and former President Horacio Cartes for alleged corruption have put pressure on the 2023 general election; they include a ban from the US banking system and restrictions on their businesses
America Paraguay To celebrate the African heritage of Fernando de la Mora City, its afro-descendants held a festival in honour of Saint Balthazar with ancestral traditions and educational workshops on Paraguay-African culture and history
America Paraguay Due to rising Dengue cases, various local governments have established new regulations that dictate how fines will be imposed to citizens that don’t maintain their properties and respective lawns clean
America Paraguay A new study by the World Weather Attribution organisation found out that this year’s record-breaking heat was 60 times more likely thanks to the world’s climate change
America Paraguay The Integration Bridge - the bridge that terrestrially joins the country with Brazil - has officially been inaugurated after three years of being in the works
America Paraguay Due to rising prices and the ongoing drought in the country, this year meat exports have decreased by approximately 40%
America Paraguay El Pantanal, the greatest wetland in the world, is significantly shrinking due to higher temperatures that are severely affecting humidity levels near the Amazon
America Paraguay Mariano López Moreira Tovar, 10 years old, has published his first children’s book, which has ranked among the best-selling on Amazon and is now available across all physical libraries in the country
America Paraguay In order to promote shopping tourism, the country will significantly reduce consumption taxes in the borders with Argentina and Brazil, President Benítez announced
America Paraguay The country has asked Taiwan for US$1 billion in investment to ensure it can resist pressure to cut its diplomatic ties and switch them to China
America Paraguay The government is advising its local business to invest in their information systems, as a recent study evidenced that over 50% of national companies have suffered from a cyber-attack this past few years
America Paraguay Amid record-breaking inflation, the country’s Central Bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 8.5%, being the highest it has ever been in the past decade