Paraguay
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— Augusto Roa Bastos
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Paraguay’s new Export Corridor has reached 100 kilometers of paved road
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The new Export Corridor connecting the towns of Natalio and Los Cedrales, between the departments of Itapúa and Alto Paraná in Paraguay, has now covered 104.3 kilometers of paved road, reaching 73% of one of the longest road works in the country's Eastern Region. In ...
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France’s Macron reiterates his opposition to the Mercosur-EU agreement, which concerns Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Paris would maintain its opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal when France takes over the rotating EU presidency in early 2022. The French president's opposition remains focused on climate change and biodiversity. "France is against Mercosur as it ...
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Covid-19: Mexico to donate another 150,000 vaccine doses to Paraguay
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo announced that the AstraZeneca vaccine doses to be donated by Mexico will land in Paraguay in the next few days. "I have been informed that we will have a higher amount of vaccines delivered in the next few days. However, we ...
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Paraguay’s progress in fight against money laundering and transnational crimes highlighted
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vice-minister of Finance Oscar Orué highlighted Paraguay's progress in the fight against money laundering, transnational crimes and tax evasion in a meeting with other officials and the GALIFAT assessment team. The Interinstitutional Committee of the National Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing System (ALA/CFT) met yesterday ...
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Brazil government eases vehicle imports from Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As of Thursday, September 2, vehicles and parts assembled in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will no longer an import license to enter Brazil, the Ministry of Economy said. Inspections will be performed later which, according to the Ministry, will make the importation faster and cheaper. ...
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Hoy por hoy
El país ha sido sometido por sus propios ciudadanos –al elegir candidatos impresentables– al escarnio internacional y local, pues tenemos un sistema político infiltrado por el pandillerismo, que hace lo posible por legalizar la delincuencia y obstaculizar la transparencia, tal como ocurre con nuestra posición sobre el intercambio de ...
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Paraguay’s foreign trade delayed by record low river levels
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vessels carrying grains and other products on the Paraguay River near Asunción are at half capacity due to the low river flow amid a record drought that is affecting river trade throughout the region, industry representatives said. The drought has dramatically lowered the level of ...
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Paraguay continues to lead Latin America in positive business climate – FGV
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The business climate in Latin America rose in the third quarter of this year to its best level in the last three and a half years, according to an indicator published yesterday by the Brazilian Center for Economic Studies Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Among the ...
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Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay: por decreto, el Gobierno creó el ente que se encargará de la licitación
El Ente Nacional de Control y Gestión de la Vía Navegable actuará sobre esta vía por la que pasa el 80 por ciento del comercio exterior argentino
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Nestlé Paraguay promotes movement to a “circular economy”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In July, a cooperation agreement was signed between Nestlé Paraguay and IDB Lab, through the Moisés Bertoni Foundation, to promote actions to accelerate the process of consolidating the circular economy in the country. The agreement provides for actions that will enable Nestlé to move towards ...
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Nueva Germania, the racist dream of Nietzsche’s brother-in-law in Paraguay
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On June 3, 1889, a man named Bernhard Förster, who had settled a colony of Germans in deep Paraguay, mixed morphine with strychnine in a hotel room in the Paraguayan city of San Bernardino. He was 46 years old and his project of an Aryan ...
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Argentina opens Brazil border for commercial reasons – Paraguay’s Foreign Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Why is Argentina opening its border with Brazil and not with Paraguay? The government's answer contradicts the Argentine argument, which alleges "health reasons." Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo announced that he will travel to Argentina next Thursday to negotiate with the country's government a similar ...
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Paraguayan truckers maintain strike and await congressional decision
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguayan truck drivers began their third week of protests this Monday, with some of them stationed in Asunción and others in different areas of the country, with the intention that the Congress returns to deal with the freight law, which at the moment is under ...
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Paraguay to receive next week a new batch of vaccine doses donated by Qatar
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay will receive at the end of next week a new batch of Moderna vaccines, of approximately 99,600 doses, donated by Qatar, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry explained that the shipment of vaccines had to overcome "logistical ...
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Paraguay welcomes IMF’s US$250 million grant for health and social programs
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "Vice Minister of Economy Iván Haas welcomed the IMF Board of Governors' approval of some US$250 million to finance the Economic Consolidation and Social Containment Bill, intended to guarantee health, social programs and support for workers and companies," the Ministry of Finance said in a ...
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Uruguay and Paraguay’s meat exports hit new record as Argentina blocks foreign sales
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The latest data show that the decision taken by the Alberto Fernández government to restrict beef exports is failing to produce a positive effect on the sector and the country. There is a sharp drop in prices received by producers, less activity in the exporting ...
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Paraguay signs contract in U.S. for purchase of two million doses of Moderna vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Government of Paraguay signed a contract to purchase two million doses of Moderna vaccines as part of the negotiations carried out in the United States by the Minister of Health, Julio Borba, announced this Friday the health ministry. The source added that the Ministry ...
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Mercosur and European Union set timetable for tariff reductions in trade sectors
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The European Union and The Southern Common Market Mercosur, consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, have taken an important step forward in their negotiations. According to the negotiated provisions, Brazil agrees to open an annual import quota of 32,000 motor vehicles from Europe at ...
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Bolivia boosts a waterway for trade flow to its Amazon region
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The improvement works in the Ichilo-Mamoré waterway, which articulates the center of the country with the Bolivian Amazon region of the Beni department, seek to make this route navigable all year round and serve as an export channel to the Atlantic. “This new waterway that ...
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El impuesto mínimo del 15% para las multinacionales
Con el acuerdo provisional del Marco Inclusivo del proyecto BEPS de la OCDE y el G-20 para implementar un impuesto mínimo global del 15% con base a la propuesta del pilar II, que busca la estandarización de impuestos a una base mínima para las empresas multinacionales, se observa un avance ...
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Ministério da Economia: teto de gastos será cumprido em 2022
O Ministério da Economia divulgou hoje (29) nota na qual garante que o teto de gastos será cumprido em 2022. De acordo com a pasta, a discussão no momento não é a de aumento de gastos, mas sua alocação. “Poderá haver mais espaço, dentro do teto, para alocação do gasto público conforme as ...