Paraguay takes precautionary steps as Brazilian gangsters are on the loose

Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:00 UTC “I have ordered the highest level of alert at the border and to move forward with the declaration of the PCC and Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations,” Peña stressed Paraguayan President Santiago Peña...

Paraguay Launched Inaugural National Sports Games To Boost Local Talent

The sporting landscape in Paraguay is set for a major transformation with the launch of the National Sports Games. The championship is a joint initiative by the National Sports Secretariat and the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. The inaugural Games...

Paraguay deepens support for Morocco’s sovereignty with plan to open consulate in Sahara

The Republic of Paraguay has solidified its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara with the announcement of plans to open a Consulate General in the region. The decision was revealed during a meeting in Rabat between Morocco’s...

Direct Investment In Paraguay Rose By 15% In 2024, Reaching US$931 Million

The Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) released its latest report on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2024, revealing positive numbers for the country. While Latin America and the Caribbean saw an average decline of 12% in FDI, Paraguay stood out...

Police massacre in Brazil reignites debate on how to combat organized crime in Latin America

The police operation that left an unprecedented trail of death in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (121, according to the latest official count) is already the subject of furious political debate, even though the fallen officers have only just been...

Argentina strengthens border controls targeting Brazilian gang members

Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:12 UTC Members of the Rio de Janeiro Police transfer a group of people during an operation on Tuesday. Antonio Lacerda/EFE/EFE Argentine authorities have reinforced the country's borders with Brazil, in case gang...

Saluting 100 Years Of Guarania Music, The Sound Of Paraguay’s Soul

Slow, lyrical, and profoundly emotional, the Guarania is the musical language of Paraguay’s soul. Born from reflection rather than festivity, it embodies the nation’s spirit, identity, and poetic melancholy. In 2024, this unique genre achieved...

The Dance School Honours Paraguayan Talent And Tradition In Grand Finale

The Dance School (Escuela de Danza), an integral part of Paraguay’s Higher Institute of Fine Arts (Instituto Superior de Bellas Artes), is set to host the closing performance of its 2025 Choreographic Showcase, titled “Where the Gesture Dwells”...

Paraguay’s Strategic Vision: Modernizing the Armed Forces to Fight Transnational Threats

Army General César Augusto Moreno Landaira, commander of the Paraguayan Military Forces, assumed the nation’s highest military leadership post in late 2023. As a seasoned career officer, he has been tasked with spearheading the essential...

Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans under US Attack

MST in solidarity with the people of Venezuela. (MST) Since August, U.S. warships, fighter planes, and troops have deployed in Caribbean waters off Venezuela and in Puerto Rico. Venezuela’s neighboring countries in Latin America and the Caribbean...

Paraguay Unveils Ambitious National Development Plan 2050

The Paraguayan government has launched the National Development Plan Paraguay 2050 (Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Paraguay 2050), a blueprint aimed at moving the nation towards high-level development. The plan focuses on fighting poverty, fostering...

Paraguayan Antonio Yegros Is The First Non-Italian Pizza Maker To Win Two Guida Stars

Antonio Yegros is rewriting culinary history. The 41-year-old from Villa Cristina, Encarnación, recently became the first non-Italian to earn two stars from the prestigious Guida Chef di Pizza Stellato, a guide that functions like a “Michelin for...

Mexico City’s Yareli Acevedo is this year’s track cycling world champion

Mexico City native Yareli Acevedo won gold in the women’s points race at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile, over the weekend, making history as the first Latin American to capture the title. The 24-year-old student...

Paraguay Materializes Its Recognition of Morocco’s Sovereignty over Sahara Through Announcement of the Opening of Consulate General

The Republic of Paraguay materialized, on Wednesday, its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara through the announcement of the opening of a Consulate General. During his meeting in Rabat with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African...

Peasant opposition in Paraguay

The story of the Northern Peasant Organization (OCN) one of of resistance, autonomy, and constant renewal Founded in 1986, at the height of the Stroessner dictatorship, the OCN emerged as an expression of peasant independence from political and...

10 new Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis; Trump agrees to one-year trade truce with Xi; Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces execute at least 460 people inside a hospital

Israel continues to violate the Gaza ceasefire, bombing Khan Younis and Beit Lahia. Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani suggests Hamas breached the ceasefire with an attack in Rafah that killed an Israeli soldier. Hamas says...

FM spokesperson calls on Paraguayan govt to heed voice of its people, sever so-called 'diplomatic relations' with Taiwan regional authorities

Guo Jiakun When asked to comment on recent reports about a latest poll conducted in Paraguay this month indicating that 58.3 percent of respondents consider it very important for Paraguay to have diplomatic relations with China, while 29.8 percent...

Lula da Silva OKs law to harden fight against Brazil's organized crime

Members of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police attend the funeral of their colleague Sergeant Heber Carvalho da Fonseca at the Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Carvalho da Fonseca was one of four officers killed during...

Itaipu Powers Up Paraguay’s First Floating Solar Energy Plant

Itaipu Binacional has begun energising its first floating solar energy plant in Paraguay, marking a milestone in renewable energy development. The innovative installation is located on the reservoir of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Station in...

Paraguay Announces Opening of Consulate in Morocco’s Dakhla

Rabat – The Republic of Paraguay has taken a strong diplomatic step to affirm its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara by announcing the opening of a Consulate General in Morocco’s southern provinces, specifically in Dakhla....