PARAGUAY

Forty-one percent of imported firearms are in Paraguay’s black market

Published on: November 28, 2023
00:15

Asunción, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Forty-one percent of the firearms imported by Paraguay in the last four years are in the hands of criminal gangs, according to a specialized official institution quoted by Última Hora on Monday.

Daughter of missing former Paraguay vicepresident considers him dead

Published on: November 22, 2023
14:43

Asuncion, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) Beatriz Denis, daughter of the former Paraguayan vice president Oscar Denis, kidnapped in 2020 according to official sources by the self-styled Paraguayan People's Army (EPP), defends a version that he was killed by that irregular group.

President Santiago Peña to meet with Pope Francis

Published on: November 21, 2023
18:03

Asuncion, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan President Santiago Peña will travel on Sunday to Italy to meet with Pope Francis for the first time, the Government informed on Tuesday.

Paraguayan Senate rejects suspension of new medical courses

Published on: November 16, 2023
15:38

Asuncion, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The Paraguayan Senate rejected a bill that would have extended the authorization of new medical degree programs due to lack of necessary votes to approve it, Última Hora reported on Thursday.

Paraguay´s medical majors are business that kill people, says MP

Published on: November 15, 2023
17:07

Asuncion, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) The new Paraguayan medical majors "are a business that can kill people," legislator Esperanza Martinez stated on Wednesday during a Senate’s debate on suspending new qualifications, after detecting forged degrees in this and other professions.

Paraguay and Argentina verify works on common waterway

Published on: November 14, 2023
13:51

Asuncion, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan representatives on the waterway shared with neighboring states will participate from today in a verification of works in progress in that channel linked to the collection of a toll defended by Argentina and rejected by Asuncion.

Paraguay seizes 13,000 ecstasy pills from Switzerland

Published on: November 8, 2023
20:12

Asuncion, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan police seized on Wednesday as many as 13,000 ecstasy pills stemming from Switzerland at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.

Floods of Paraguayan rivers due to storms displace 2,000 families

Published on: November 3, 2023
13:22

Asuncion, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) Floods due to heavy rains in Paraguay of rivers such as the mighty Parana displaced from their communities some two thousand families who are now suffering hardship, radio Universo 970 AM reported today.

Paraguayan prisoners seize fifth of weapons in riot

Published on: November 2, 2023
17:13

Asuncion, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) Prisoners controlling the Paraguayan Tacumbu jail have 20% of weapons seized from guards on Oct. 10 riot, the Ultimas Noticias daily reported on Thursday.

Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay to arrange details of World Cup

Published on: October 24, 2023
16:56

Montevideo, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) Presidents of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay will meet up on Friday in Montevideo with FIFA’s coordinators of the opening matches of the 2030 World Cup on the agenda, local press unfolded on Tuesday.

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