America Paraguay The country officially declared that the state of emergency has ended and has lifted pandemic restrictions such as temperature checks and social distancing; the only rule still maintained is masks
America Paraguay Tired of vaccines and mandates, a couple of Covid-19 denialists have started a community free of all vaccines and regulations; called Paraíso Verde, it lays 20km south of Caazapá and today almost 1.000 people reside there
America Paraguay The government raised the tax on tobacco products to 20%; all revenues from this tax increase will go towards the salary increase for public health workers
America Paraguay The Paraguayan Association of Meat Producers and Exporters (Appec) stated that the continuous heat waves and wildfires are affecting the livestock industry, and that 2022 already seems to be a ‘lost’ year for national meat production
America Paraguay As of this month, a number of Paraguayan products being exported to Taiwan will benefit from tax exemption
America Paraguay The country registered the second hottest day of its history, reaching a record-breaking temperature of 45,3 degrees celsius
America Paraguay Inflation is the highest it has ever been in the past ten years: the Central Bank raised its interest rate by 125 basis points, consequently taking it up to 5,25%
America Paraguay Miss Paraguay, Nadia Ferreira, made history by winning second place at the world-renowned beauty pageant Miss Universe; it is the best result Paraguay has ever achieved at the event
America Paraguay According to Amnesty International, violence, lack of sexual education, and the country’s restrictive abortion laws are causing a childhood pregnancy outbreak; the organisation has asked the state to implement comprehensive sexual education and care
America Paraguay The members of the Hugua Po’i indigenous community were evicted from their land by the police in order to grant the terrain to agricultural producers, thus further igniting the country’s indigenous land problematic
America Paraguay The state imposed a 45-day period where no traffic fines will be given to those who infringe the law as a way to create consciousness so citizens can learn to respect transit rules
America Paraguay The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will donate US$4,5 million for the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program