The president of the National Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DINAC), Nelson Mendoza, confirmed that a director of the Brazilian airline GOL arrives in Asunción this Tuesday for a meeting that could determine the future of direct flights between the Paraguayan capital and Miami. The meeting, which will include the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Marco Riquelme, comes after GOL postponed the route’s inaugural flight, citing the recent spike in jet fuel prices.
“We’ll see if something more can come of it,” Mendoza told GEN channel, adding that the company requested a temporary suspension, not a definitive cancellation. “There is a glimmer of hope that this can be reactivated,” he said. Negotiations are expected to move forward later today.
In a separate development, the National Directorate of Health Surveillance (DINAVISA) issued an alert about the unauthorized sale of medications claiming to contain tirzepatide in the border region of Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná department. The identified products — “Veltrane – Tirzepatide,” “Thera Tirzepartide,” “Tirzepatide Injection,” and “Tirzegen” — lack a valid Sanitary Registry in Paraguay, a mandatory requirement for legal sale. DINAVISA warned that using these drugs poses a serious health risk because their composition, quality, and safety cannot be guaranteed, and that they should be administered only under medical prescription. The agency advised the public not to purchase these products online, through social media, or from unauthorized channels.
In the early hours of this Tuesday, a car fell into a deep hole on Pozo Favorito Street in Mariano Roque Alonso, at the intersection of Campo Vía and Itapúa streets in the Central neighborhood. The driver escaped unharmed, but the vehicle sustained significant material damage. The local municipality, in an official statement, blamed the Sanitary Services Company of Paraguay (Essap) for the critical state of the roads. “We regret the incident, as well as the lack of support from the state company in repairing the countless broken pipes that are destroying our streets,” the municipal administration said, attributing the problem to persistent underground water leaks that Essap has not fixed.