Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Hugo Javier González remains in serious condition and on a ventilator at Itauguá National Hospital after reportedly being found unconscious in his cell bathroom at 11:12 p.m., while the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Internal Affairs unit investigate the case; there is no footage from inside the area.

Documents presented by Óscar Tuma are offered as evidence that Basilio Núñez graduated in medicine from the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste in Argentina and worked as a medical surgeon in the public health system, but they do not demonstrate his alleged specialization in neurosurgery, which Aníbal Filártiga questioned.

The National University of Asunción’s Law School opened a preliminary investigation into alleged attempts to alter grades after chats surfaced mentioning requests to pass students and lists of names, including student representative Alejandro “Tratito” Ovelar, while the authenticity of the messages and whether any changes occurred remain to be established.

Paraguay and Japan have signed a US$24 million grant to build and equip a space technology center at the National University of Asunción, focused on professional training, small-satellite development and the use of geospatial data in areas such as agriculture, environmental monitoring and disaster prevention.

Paraguay’s Ministry of the Interior projects increasing the National Police force to 42,611 officers by December 2026, with 5,000 new graduates, stronger training and internal controls, while Minister Enrique Riera acknowledges that the expansion will not eliminate the sense of insecurity.

Former UNA rector Froilán Peralta was released on September 3, 2026, after serving a three-year sentence for breach of trust related to a loss of G. 1.15 billion for the university.

A total of 1,605 escribanos take the examination on September 1 to compete initially for 92 vacant notarial offices in a process organized by the Supreme Court of Justice, with optical-scanner grading followed by an assessment of academic merits and curricula vitae.

Maigotex turns mango residues into biomaterial for bags, footwear and accessories after more than 1,500 tests with support from the National University of Asunción, developing a local alternative to leather.

The Paraguayan government is negotiating $1.3 billion in loans with CAF, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and JICA for infrastructure, energy and logistics projects, with $700 million earmarked for the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.

Experts presented at the XV Regional Congress of Technology in Architecture in Paraguay that sustainable construction, despite an initial investment about 4% higher, generates savings of 30% to 60% in water consumption and 40% to 70% in energy, with financial returns occurring within two to five years.

Paraguay is creating the first historical corpus of 18th-century Spanish, digitizing one hundred documents from the period for linguistic study and heritage preservation.

Paraguay will host the XV Regional Congress on Technology in Architecture (CRETA) and the Smart City Paraguay event in August to debate sustainable urban development and responses to climate change with national and international experts.

A clean morning in Greater Asunción highlights Paraguay’s advantage over severe pollution hotspots—but annual PM2.5 exposure remains above the World Health Organization guideline, and regional fire smoke can rapidly transform conditions.

Colorado leader José Luis Rodríguez Robertti multiplied his salary in Paraguay's Congress nearly 20 times over 13 years, moving from a contract employee in the Chamber of Deputies to a director in the Senate.

GuaraníSat-2, Paraguay's second satellite and the first built entirely in the country, will be sent to the US for integration and is scheduled for launch in October, following three years of development by a predominantly young team with international cooperation.

Groups have filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office against mining company Latin American Minerals Paraguay for alleged environmental crimes involving cyanide in Paso Yobái, where an academic study detected levels of the substance up to 40 times above the permitted limit. Official inspection operations had already been carried out in the area in July to investigate contamination reports.

The New York Times highlighted the research of Paraguayan microbiologist Walter Sandoval and his team from the National University of Asunción (UNA), who are mapping the country's unique bacterial diversity with the potential to impact global health strategies.

A technical report from the School of Engineering of the National University of Asunción (FIUNA) has identified low-resistance concrete and expansions without adequate reinforcements as the causes of the building collapse in Encarnación, which killed Monserrat Brítez and her grandmother in April 2025.

The Paraguayan government has reallocated more than US$284 million in its 2026 budget, with increases primarily directed toward health, public works, educational institutions, and other state bodies.

Scientists from IICS-UNA have completed the first genomic mapping of the superbug MRSA in Paraguay, identifying three predominant genetic families and multiple resistance and virulence genes never before recorded locally, particularly in pediatric patients.

Paraguay faces a low geological risk from earthquakes because it sits in the center of the South American Plate, far from active tectonic boundaries, but it lacks structural preparedness, emergency protocols and preventive education to deal with moderate seismic events.

FADA-UNA is investigating an allegation of favoritism in the CPA entrance exam after parents of candidates claimed that a teacher provided direct assistance to a specific group of students during the Mathematics test, while Dean José Insfrán Guerrero stated that internal protocols were activated and preventive measures, such as teacher rotation, were implemented for the Physics exam.

Researchers from the Institute of Health Sciences Research at the National University of Asunción in Paraguay are studying antimicrobial resistance in bacteria such as Escherichia coli, seeking to understand how resistance genes spread among humans, animals, and the environment in order to guide prevention and control strategies.

Researchers from the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences at the National University of Asunción have published a guide documenting 38 species of wild food plants traditionally used by Mbya Guaraní communities in the department of Itapúa, in the area of the San Rafael National Park Reserve, with the aim of preserving ancestral knowledge and enhancing Paraguay's biocultural heritage.