PARAGUAY

Paraguay to assume vice presidency of World Health Organization

Published on: January 26, 2023
00:30

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Asunción, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan Health Minister Julio Borba was appointed vice president of the Executive Council of the World Health Organization (WHO) and will take office next week, the government announced.

Over 8,000 families benefit from housing program in Paraguay

Published on: January 18, 2023
17:15

By: Pavel López Lazo

Asunción, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay´s Housing Ministry concluded 2022 with a 90% budget execution and the construction of 8,758 houses.

Former Paraguayan president will conclude his stay in Argentina

Published on: January 10, 2023
12:10

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Asunción, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, recovering in Argentina after a stroke on August 10, will remain hospitalized in the neighboring country until the end of February, a family member reported.

Paraguayans dissatisfied with promotional fuel discounts

Published on: January 5, 2023
10:53

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Asuncion, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayans consider insufficient the reduction of fuel prices maintained by gas stations during a promotional day started on Monday for the holidays of January 6, Day of the Three Kings.

Restoration of South America’s Atlantic Forest is moving forward

Published on: December 25, 2022
00:10

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Asuncion, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The restoration of the Atlantic Forest of South America is advancing and is currently a clear example that nature can heal itself when given the opportunity, a UNEP senior executive said.

Paraguayan police seize marijuana that was sent to Argentina

Published on: December 20, 2022
13:50

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Asuncion, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan agents seized 379 kilograms of marihuana in the southeastern border region with Argentina, the destination country of the drug, the government reported on Tuesday.

Paraguay calls for inclusive and respectful understanding in Peru

Published on: December 16, 2022
10:58

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Asuncion, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay called for an "inclusive and respectful" exchange in Peru, given the situation created after the coup d'état by the Congress against Constitutional President Pedro Castillo, a local newspaper published on Friday.

Paraguay´s MPOX cases continues to increase

Published on: December 8, 2022
16:57

By: Pavel López Lazo

Asuncion, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The monkeypox cases are slightly increasing every week in Paraguay, said the Health Surveillance Director Guillermo Sequera.

Paraguayan healthcare workers protest for big-budget

Published on: December 1, 2022
16:04

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Asuncion, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay's public healthcare professionals took to the streets on Thursday to call for big-budget. Health specialists, technicians, and staffers requested the Government to double or triple the financing to guarantee medicines, surgeries, and hospital attention, Rossana González, leader of the National Union of Doctors, stated.

Uruguay to exempt Paraguayan exports from port costs

Published on: November 21, 2022
09:23

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Montevideo, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay will exempt Paraguayan exports passing through Montevideo´s port from port costs, El Observador, as was announced in this capital on Monday.

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