The National Agency for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (Aneaes) said during Hernán Rivas’s trial that the law degree from Universidad Sudamericana was not registered with the National Council of Higher Education (Cones) or accredited, while witnesses described aspects of the former senator’s education and prosecutors questioned the dates on academic documents.
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The Segundo Foro Internacional de la Ingeniería (FIING) 2026 will be held on July 23 in Asunción, organized by the Centro Paraguayo de Ingenieros to discuss national development challenges. The program will cover topics such as the Bioceanic Route bridge, the Plan Paraguay 2X, renewable energy, and the quality of higher education in engineering.
The Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC) reported 145 fake teaching degrees to the Public Prosecutor's Office following an internal audit that identified around 1,500 diplomas of questionable authenticity, while experts suggest the scheme could be much larger and attribute the problem to credentialism and the lack of oversight by the National Council of Higher Education (Cones).