A UIP mission to Curitiba on October 21 will bring together at least 30 Paraguayan companies for meetings and business discussions. Martín Ruiz said that more than 60% of Paraguayan exports under the maquila regime go to Brazil and linked Brazilian businesspeople’s interest in investing in Paraguay to the pursuit of competitiveness amid the growing presence of Chinese products and investment in Brazil.
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The Paraná Military Police and Brazil’s Federal Police seized 40,000 boxes of cigarettes of Paraguayan origin in Mercedes, Paraná. The shipment was reportedly smuggled, and its estimated value is R$2.65 million.
A truck with Paraguayan license plates was carrying 240 kilograms of cocaine hidden in four tires when it was stopped on BR-277 in Céu Azul, in Brazil’s Paraná state; the driver fled on foot.
Brazil’s Federal Highway Police seized 106.2 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a compartment adapted inside the fuel tank of a truck with Paraguayan license plates in Paraná and arrested the 33-year-old driver.
Alto Paraná is home to 160 of Paraguay’s 324 maquila companies and receives about 90% of business inquiries from Brazil, while the 17th Expo Paraguay Brasil seeks to attract more than US$600 million in investment through productive integration between the two countries.
A Brazilian military operation on the border with Paraguay, which began on July 20th, is causing major traffic jams and impacting tourism in the region during the Argentine winter holidays.
Nineteen Paraguayans, including two minors, were rescued from labor exploitation under conditions similar to slavery on a cassava farm in Paraná. They faced exhausting workdays, poor living conditions, and restrictions on their freedom.
Brazilian authorities seized explosive material with a detonating cord on Friday night, believed to have been used in the June 16 mega bank robbery in Santa Rita, Paraguay, during a joint operation in the border area that led to the arrest of two suspects and their transfer to the Federal Police in Foz do Iguaçu.
The Federal Revenue Service and the Federal Police dismantled a money laundering criminal organization linked to cigarette and agrochemical smuggling in Guaíra (PR), involving more than 375 million reais between 2019 and 2024, during Operation Sicarius, which executed 120 court orders across several Brazilian states.