Paraguayan producers reduced the wheat cultivation area in 2026 in the regions of Alto Paraná, Itapúa, Caaguazú, and San Pedro due to low profitability, high production costs, and competition with soybeans and corn.
Pilar
Pytagua coverage mentioning Pilar.
The construction of an international bridge between Humaitá, in the department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay, and Las Palmas, in the Argentine province of Chaco, is moving forward as a physical integration initiative with the potential to boost trade, logistics, and tourism between the two countries.
Indert transferred a three-hectare plot of land to the Ñeembucú Governorship for the construction of a recreational complex in Pilar, with an investment of US$5 million.
The Ñeembucú Sanitary Consortium has started replacing Essap's drinking water pipes in downtown Pilar as part of the Coastal Defense Phase B project. The works, lasting about two months, are not expected to interrupt supply.
The Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) forecasts that the cold will continue in Paraguay this Tuesday, May 19, with lows of 6°C in some regions and highs between 18°C and 20°C. The sky will be partly cloudy, with no rain forecast. The National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) maintains the Jaho'i operation to shelter homeless people.
The department of Ñeembucú, a stronghold of Vice President Pedro Alliana, remains immune to information requests, with the government bench and Deputy Fabiana Souto, Alliana's wife, systematically rejecting the requests. Opposition member Diosnel Aguilera denounces the existence of a 'chain of command' to block transparency.
A delegation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was in Pilar, capital of Ñeembucú, for an international security cooperation agenda, which included visits to historical sites in the region and meetings with local and police authorities.
The national highway PY04, linking Ñeembucú to San Ignacio, is in a critical state of deterioration, with deep potholes forcing drivers into dangerous maneuvers. Users and transporters denounce abandonment after the end of the maintenance contract with Topografía y Caminos SA, while the MOPC announces repairs that have not materialized.