The Hospital General de Itapúa (HGI), inaugurated in July 2025, owes more than nine months of payment to Grupo Belmac SA, the company responsible for providing meals to patients and staff. The company guarantees it will not suspend food for patients but is considering cutting service for employees and doctors.
Carlos Atilio Carlson Capli
Representante de Belmac SA que indicó no haber recibido denuncias oficiales de las cocineras.
In Itacurubí del Rosario, a school principal's office is used as a kitchen due to lack of space. In San Ignacio, cooks report working up to 8 hours without extra pay. Both complaints expose weaknesses in the execution of the school feeding program.