Caaguazú

A storm bringing rain and hail hit four Paraguayan departments, damaging homes and rural facilities and prompting a warning of further severe storms.

Students from CRECE in Ciudad del Este won a hackathon with AI tools in Guarani jopara for teaching math and physics, which may be tested in schools.

Three vehicles reported stolen in Brazil were seized in Coronel Oviedo after a Toyota Fortuner’s tracking device sent intermittent signals. The investigation is examining suspicions that police officers were using the vehicles.

Paraguayan chia exports nearly quintupled between the 2018/19 and 2025/26 harvests, reaching 83,591 tons and US$233.6 million, with sales to 90 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Middle East.

Attorney Lalo Gómez (Eulalio Gómez Batista) told El Observador Radio TV that political tentacles directly influence judicial decisions in Coronel Oviedo and the Caaguazú department, causing poor administration of justice, and alleged that Freemasonry exerts even broader influence over courts, lower courts, the Supreme Court of Justice and Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, supposedly having already been denounced by Justice Minister Manuel Ramírez Candia when he was superintendent of the local judicial district.

TECHO Paraguay is seeking to raise G. 1.55 billion by Saturday, September 5, to assist more than 500 vulnerable families, with about 8,400 volunteers mobilized at 211 locations and donations earmarked for emergency housing, community infrastructure and social projects.

Operation Nueva Alianza 57 destroyed 222 hectares of marijuana plantations, 44 camps, 5,250 kilograms of processed drug and an estimated potential output of 666,000 kilograms during 12 days of incursions in Canindeyú and Caaguazú.

The APS is preparing Paraguay’s National Opening of Soybean Planting 2026/27 and projects 3.6 million to 3.7 million hectares for the new campaign. The meeting will examine the outlook for the new cycle, which depends on weather, prices and production costs.

Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the courts to annul 144 demonstrably forged teaching diplomas and subsequently cancel the professional registrations linked to them. The investigation covers 525 suspicious documents and could hold beneficiaries, institutions and public officials involved accountable.

The Ministry of Health assigned 44 ambulances to Rally Paraguay, prompting criticism over the temporary concentration of resources and raising questions about emergency capacity, public-resource allocation and regional event planning.

Ipswich Town announced the permanent signing of Paraguayan forward Julio Enciso in a transfer worth around 30 million euros, making it the most expensive in history for a Paraguayan player and also the largest ever conducted by the English club.

Senator Lilian Samaniego supports a bill to make mandatory vehicle technical inspection compulsory in all municipalities of Paraguay, aiming to decentralize the service and prevent accidents caused by vehicles in poor condition.

An anti-drug operation in Paraguay resulted in only one person accused and raised questions about the deaths of two indigenous men, whose official confrontation version is rejected by the community alleging execution.

Senator denounces overpricing of up to 81% in MOPC bids, while minister denies irregularities and seeks to calm lawmakers with details on a financing package for works.

Paraguayan professor rescued after being lost for days in the Misiones forest in Argentina while trying to recover a weather balloon for an academic project, after reporting fleeing from a jaguar.

Tomato farmers in Caaguazú are selling at a loss, dispute official production data, and blame smuggling for the crisis threatening their livelihood.

Paraguay's Ministry of Industry and Commerce has created a business council to ensure continuity of sectoral policies across governments and presented a zoning plan to develop specialized industrial hubs in regions like Caaguazú and Caazapá.

Paraguayan banana producers warn of a crisis in the sector, which supports over 20,000 families, due to the devaluation of the dollar against the guaraní, which harms exports, and a widespread increase in operational costs.

The Paraguayan Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) has issued an alert for farmers to adopt protective measures due to a storm system forecast to bring up to 50 mm of rain to several regions, primarily in the center, south, and east of the country, between Tuesday and Wednesday.

Paraguay produced over 65,000 tons of watermelon in 2023, generating USD 12 million, and projects exceeding 80,000 tons in 2024, with technical support from the government for both the domestic market and exports.

Paraguayan producers reduced the wheat cultivation area in 2026 in the regions of Alto Paraná, Itapúa, Caaguazú, and San Pedro due to low profitability, high production costs, and competition with soybeans and corn.

A family from Caaguazú lost their home, valued at G. 1.5 billion, over a debt of G. 15.5 million — equivalent to just 1% of the property's value — in a court case that began in 2000 and involved property transfers and alleged procedural irregularities.

JBS inaugurated the Pollos Blanco mega poultry plant in J. Eulogio Estigarribia, Caaguazú, with an investment of 185 million dollars, an initial capacity to slaughter 100,000 chickens per day, and the creation of 780 direct jobs.

Paraguay's economy remains heavily concentrated in a few regions, with five areas — the departments of Central, Asunción, Alto Paraná, Itapúa, and Caaguazú — accounting for more than 70% of the country's production, formal employment, and business structure, according to an analysis by researcher Belén Servín from the Center for Analysis and Dissemination of the Paraguayan Economy (Cadep).