PARAGUAY

Paraguayan officers arrest cybercriminals

Published on: January 17, 2024
16:43

Asuncion, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan officers arrested four members of an international network of cybercriminals who stole USD,000 from Argentine bank accounts in 2023, Ultima Hora daily reported on Wednesday.

Paraguayan newspaper calls to stop female violence increase

Published on: January 17, 2024
10:02

Asuncion, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) During the first two weeks of the new year, violence against women in Paraguay registered an overwhelming increase, after a 2023 that left 45 deaths and some 80 orphaned children, the newspaper Ultima Hora commented today.

Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay hold talks

Published on: January 15, 2024
07:46

Brasilia, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will receive his Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, to discuss the Itaipú hydroelectric plant agreement and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

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.

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