America Paraguay As part of the country’s battle against corruption, the government has established a 15 year jail sentence for any corrupt government officials
America Paraguay In order to ensure food security, the UN has partnered with over 5.700 rural households to create home orchards, which have already begun to successfully alleviate the food emergency situation in the country’s remote regions
America Paraguay The Minister of Foreign Affairs has officially requested the collaboration of the UN Secretary General to deal with the organised crime that affects the country, lately become a prominent issue
America Paraguay Biologist Gloria Yaluff — along with other researchers from the Health Sciences Research Institute of the National University of Asunción (IICS-UNA) — managed to create an effective and low-cost drug to treat Chagas disease
America Paraguay The country is currently considering adopting crypto currency as a legal tender in the near future: the Chamber of Deputies has approved a new bill that establishes a national framework to regulate crypto mining and trading
America Paraguay A non-venomous snake, previously unknown to science, was discovered in the country by the NGO Para La Tierra; the extreme rarity of this species has also led experts to automatically consider it as endangered
America Paraguay This year infrastructure investments have grown by around 35% - reaching US$200 million, which is a new record for the country
America Paraguay USAID has partnered with the Paraguayan National University, establishing a 3-year plan that includes establishing a center for ethics at the country’s largest university and fostering education for vulnerable groups
America Paraguay The Paraguay River has reached its highest water level in two years, allowing the long awaited re-connection with the ports of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia to transport merchandise
America Paraguay The Central Bank increased its interest rate to 6,25%, the highest it has ever been in the last 7 years
America Paraguay More voices are reporting tortures perpetrated by senior students at the Military Academy; latest case is confirmed by an identified cadet with head injuries
America Paraguay The country inaugurated its first ever airplane maintenance centre, so its national airline, Paranair, will no longer have to outsource airplane routine checks and reparations