Paraguay's Presidency denied a theft at the official residence, Mburuvicha Róga, while unofficial sources confirmed an internal investigation into lock tampering. Senator Filizzola demanded clarity on the origin of the cash and criticized the diplomatic meeting between Santiago Peña and Delcy Rodríguez.
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At the 81st UN General Assembly, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña demanded immediate Security Council reform, reaffirmed diplomatic alignment with Taiwan, and requested the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. He also detailed his strategy for Venezuela, coordinated with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and discussed his participation in the hemispheric initiative Shield of the Americas.
Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies did not reach the bill restricting mobile phones and other portable electronic devices in schools on Tuesday after the session lost its quorum. The statutory deadline now expires on Friday, September 25. The Senate version is then expected to receive automatic congressional approval and proceed to the Executive. That does not mean the restrictions are already in force.
Santiago Peña and Delcy Rodríguez have opened talks in Caracas on restoring diplomatic relations. The move follows the 2025 rupture and combines security, economic and migration interests with a domestic debate over Paraguay’s position on Venezuela’s democratic institutions and human-rights situation.
Santiago Peña began a 10-day trip to Venezuela and the United States to try to restore relations with Caracas, address Petropar’s debt of about $300 million to PDVSA and seek investment in New York, while Isaías Fretes was appointed health minister after leaving the IPS board of directors.
The Chamber of Deputies declared the protection of Médanos del Chaco National Park a matter of national interest, while a proposal to allow the exploration of possible hydrocarbons in the area remains under consideration, opposed by the MADES environment ministry and the Paraguayan Indigenous Institute.
Estefanía Laterza de los Ríos has taken office as Paraguay’s ambassador to the United States with an initial two-year plan covering political, economic, trade, security, science, education, public diplomacy and community cooperation.
Environmental organizations and citizens protested a bill by lawmaker José Rodríguez that would change protections for Médanos del Chaco National Park to allow mining and hydrocarbon extraction, risking contamination of the Yrenda aquifer, Indigenous communities and biodiversity, while the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development recommends rejecting it.
Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies is debating a request to summon the Minister of Public Works over the state of highways, prompted by a fatal accident, while expecting to approve a new $1 million credit for her ministry.
IPS began its restocking plan with the arrival of 124 medicines, which will reduce the shortage rate from 28% to 19% in the next 15 days and is expected to cover demand for two months.
The IPS (Instituto de Previsión Social, Paraguay's social security institute) and pharmaceutical companies have established a working group to combat the severe medication shortage crisis that is forcing beneficiaries to pay for treatments out of their own pockets.
The Senate approved with modifications the bill that restricts the use of portable electronic devices in early childhood, primary, and secondary education institutions, allowing their use only for educational purposes and according to each school's internal regulations, and sent the proposal to the Chamber of Deputies for review.
IPS canceled tenders that included items removed from its formulary, following the withdrawal of 23 products — 12 vaccines and 11 medications — as part of a broader review that eliminated 916 items from the institution's official supplies list.
Congressman José Rodríguez (ANR–Capital) introduced a bill for the recovery, enhancement, and comprehensive management of the Mirador de Itá Pytã Punta, located on the Bay of Asunción, seeking to preserve its historical, cultural, scenic, tourist, and urban value as an inclusive and sustainable public space.