Paraguay reiterated its proposal to divide export quotas for the European Union equally among Mercosur’s four countries, but Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have yet to reach consensus and will discuss the issue again within 60 days.
Montevideo
Pytagua coverage mentioning Montevideo.
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport will continue operating for at least four or five years, with expansion work under way as the government weighs a new terminal costing more than US$320 million and Latam Airlines expands flights to Lima, São Paulo and Montevideo.
Latam will launch a direct route between Asunción and Montevideo in the first quarter of 2027, with five weekly flights, and increase weekly departures on existing routes from Paraguay from 26 to 32 by the end of 2026. With the new route, the total will reach 37 weekly frequencies.
Operational problems in Montevideo, restrictions on convoy formation width and Argentina’s US$1.30-per-net-registered-ton toll, charged on both outbound and return journeys, are raising costs and uncertainty for Paraguayan cargo transported along the Paraná–Paraguay waterway, as the country seeks transshipment alternatives at Punta del Arenal Sur.
Paraguayan tourism associations have asked the civil aviation authority, Dinac, to intervene due to repeated flight cancellations and delays by Paranair, which have already led to administrative actions against the airline.
Ajupem called for the incorporation of 20,600 contracted employees into Paraguay's Caja Municipal to address the financial crisis that is preventing the full payment of retirement benefits and pensions.