PARAGUAY

Murders of six people in Paraguay attributed to drug traffickers

Published on: January 13, 2024
00:30

Asunción, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan authorities and media attributed the murders on Thursday of six people in the northeastern department of Amambay, bordering Brazil, to drug traffickers, the newspaper ABC Color reported.

Paraguayan hospital beds full of dengue and Covid-19 cases

Published on: January 11, 2024
09:25

Asunción, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay has 80% of its hospital beds occupied by cases of the so-called "co-infection" of dengue and Covid-19, which concentrates both diseases in the same patient, ABC TV reports.

Paraguayans alert due to temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius

Published on: January 8, 2024
14:43

Asuncion, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayans woke up on Monday on alert for a heatwave with temperatures that could exceed 40 degrees Celsius, according to specialized forecasts.

Paraguayan authorities recovered prison controlled by prisoners

Published on: January 4, 2024
12:03

Asunción, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan authorities recovered the control of the Tacumbú penitenciary from the hands of prisoners, "one of the 10 worst prisons in the world", President Santiago Peña was quoted as saying today by the ABC Color newspaper.

Paraguay: SENACSA analyzes new suspected WEE cases

Published on: January 2, 2024
11:11

Asuncion, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay´s National Service of Quality and Animal Health of Paraguay (SENACSA) is presently analyzing a dozen of suspected cases of western equine encephalitis (WEE), a disease that caused a death a few days ago in neighboring Argentina.

Paraguay: One dead and 12 wounded in operation in capital’s prison

Published on: December 18, 2023
10:29

Asuncion, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) One Paraguayan policeman dead and 12 wounded among agents and prisoners was the initial result of an operation launched by combined forces against the capital's Tacumbu prison, controlled by a criminal group.

Paraguay discovers arms trafficking from Europe

Published on: December 12, 2023
14:01

Asuncion, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan authorities discovered today a new arms cache, this time coming from European countries such as Turkey, Czech Republic and other producers, through an operation against international smuggling of these items.

Paraguayan General acknowledges links to arms trafficking

Published on: December 7, 2023
08:16

Asuncion, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Retired General Jorge Antonio Orue Roa, wanted by the Public Prosecutor's Office surrender to the authorities during a recent raid against international arms trafficking.

Paraguay dawns with winds of 100 kilometers per hour

Published on: December 4, 2023
12:16

Asunción, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay dawned amid storms with winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour and a wind chill of 46 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Directorate informed.

Paraguay reports 24 deaths and 11,000 patients with dengue fever

Published on: December 4, 2023
12:13

Asunción, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan health authorities reported 24 deaths and some 11,000 sick people from dengue fever so far this year, ABC Color newspaper reported today.

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