Operation in Paraguay arrests five people for a digital scam scheme that recruited victims with fake job offers and laundered over $3 million in cryptocurrencies.
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The Paraguayan government has presented a bill to Congress to secure a $286 million loan from Japan to build the Southwest Corridor, a nearly 200-kilometer road project in the south of the country. The announcement has sparked debate over public debt priorities amid a crisis involving shortages of medicines.
President Santiago Peña publicly expressed his support for Vice President Pedro Alliana for the 2028 elections during an inspection of the expansion works at the Yacyretá hydroelectric plant. Meanwhile, the president of the PLRA, Alcides Riveros, announced that the party will cut off financial transfers to allies from a third political force in the municipal elections, allocating resources only to liberal candidates.
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.