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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:04:00 GMT
Paraguay decrees tax cut to boost sales to foreign residents in bordering cities
Paraguayan authorities have decided to cut down the Value Added Tax (VAT) by 1% until March 2022 in a move to boost across-the-border trade. The measure applies to goods imported through the so-called Tourism Regime and include...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:12:00 GMT
Inflation once again brings on increase in poverty throghout Paraguay
Analysts foresee official data for the year 2021 will show an increase in poverty for the second straight year in Paraguay and will reach almost 30% due mainly to increasing inflation, analysts said Tuesday.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:08:00 GMT
German families seek shelter in Paraguay from vaccines and lockdowns
German citizens who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or put up to harsh mobility restrictions have fled their country and sought shelter in a community within Paraguay, it was reported.

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:31:00 GMT
Argentina pays Paraguay part of the US $ 45 million of overdue Yacyretá energy
Argentina Friday paid Paraguay US $ 19 million for overdue Yacyretá energy, Nicanor Duarte Frutos, head of Paraguay's side within Yacyretá's Binational Entity (EBY) announced.

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:01:00 GMT
Presidents of Paraguay, Brazil to meet this month
Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday confirmed he would meet with his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro on December 13 on the construction site of the bridge between Carmelo Peralta and Porto Murtinho. Both leaders ...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:10:00 GMT
Amnesty International warns against increasing child pregnancies in Paraguay
Amnesty International (AI) Wednesday launched an alert in the light of an increasing number of child pregnancies all across Paraguay, which has reached "epidemic" levels, it was reported.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Travel mate of first Omicron case in Brazil found on Paraguayan border
Sanitary authorities have detected one man who lives in neighboring Foz do Iguaçu and works in Paraguay had boarded the same flight from South Africa Nov. 27 carrying a man infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 at a ti...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:35:00 GMT
The spirit of Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas returning to the skies next year?
A private group is determined to bring back to life the defunct Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP), which used to be the South American country's flag airline between the 1960s and 1990s, it was announced in Asunción.

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:34:00 GMT
Pill to treat COVID-19 cleared for distribution within Paraguay
A pill to treat COVID-19 patients can now be distributed throughout Paraguay's conventional pharmaceutical network after two local laboratories were granted a registration license to manufacture Molnupiravir, the pill developed...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding ...



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