PARAGUAY

Paraguayan drug network that operates with cryptocurrencies denounced

Published on: February 6, 2024
00:30

Asunción, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) An international organization of drug traffickers deactivated in 2022 by Paraguay's Operation A Ultranza Py, the largest in the country against this scourge, used cryptocurrencies in its transactions, the government reported.

Heat wave in Paraguay maintains temperature at 43 degrees Celsius

Published on: January 31, 2024
10:22

Asuncion, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay dawned on alert for a temperature of 43 degrees Celsius, according to the Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology, in the midst of a heat wave that sets records almost every week.

Paraguay continues research despite enhancing student nutrition

Published on: January 30, 2024
17:27

Asuncion, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The Paraguayan government on Tuesday announced that it will keep scientific, educational and technical research even if Congress approves a bill proposed on Monday by the Executive to allocate substantial funds to improve nutrition at schools.

New Paraguayan project on student nutrition criticized

Published on: January 30, 2024
10:15

Asunción, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) A Paraguayan bill submitted yesterday to Congress by the government to improve student nutrition leaves unresolved historical problems of corruption over these resources, the local newspaper Última Hora questioned today.

Paraguay seizes ecstasy from Australia and United Kingdom

Published on: January 25, 2024
10:32

Asunción, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan agents seized some 26 thousand doses of ecstasy pills sent from Australia and the United Kingdom, the newspaper Última Hora reported.

Officers rescue 15 Paraguayans held in slavery on Brazilian border

Published on: January 24, 2024
15:59

Asuncion, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) A group of 15 Paraguayans subjected to slavery conditions in border territories with Brazil were rescued by forces operating in the boundaries between both countries, the local Ultima Hora daily unfolded on Wednesday.

MERCOSUR foreign ministers meet in Paraguay

Published on: January 24, 2024
09:44

Asuncion, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Ministers of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) are meeting in this capital on Wednesday, the first one in which Paraguay holds the bloc's rotating presidency in the first half of 2024.

Paraguayan government claims of crime reduction rejected

Published on: January 23, 2024
11:01

Asunción, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan President Santiago Peña's statement on Monday about a 75% reduction in crime since December generated indignation among the citizens, the newspaper Última Hora reported.

Call to reduce Paraguayan tariff for binational hydroelectric PP

Published on: January 22, 2024
12:32

Asunción, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay should propose an eventual reduction of its tariff to the binational hydroelectric power plant of Itaipu, while waiting to solve the matter during a second meeting with Brazil, the other co-owner of the power plant, a local expert proposed today.

Paraguayan Public Prosecutor’s Office studies nepotism in Congress

Published on: January 17, 2024
18:04

Asuncion, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Requesting the Paraguayan Congress by the Public Prosecutor's Office for reports on six lawmakers and their relatives accused of nepotism seeks to "have a complete X-ray" of these practices, Ultima Hora daily commented on Wednesday.

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