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Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested an oral trial for former judge Carmen Analía Cibils and three other people over the alleged falsification of a judicial notice in Argentina that was used to validate seven promissory notes and allow enforcement proceedings against a woman, although the case still requires a preliminary hearing and there is no final conviction.
Brazilian businessman Luciano Pampado Casquel, also known in Paraguay as Luciano Pereira Castelo, fled after Paraguay’s courts ordered his arrest for extradition to Brazil, where he is wanted for homicide, after he was filmed threatening a truck driver with a pistol in Asunción.
The Senate approved changes that would broaden the possibility of removing and auctioning abandoned vehicles in Paraguay after six months without a claim, but the bill returned to the Chamber of Deputies and is not yet in force.
Bonifacio Ríos Ávalos was unanimously elected dean of the National University of Asunción’s Law and Social Sciences School and, while awaiting his inauguration, pledged to strengthen institutional governance and fight clientelism amid internal disputes and allegations of academic irregularities.
The National Police and ANDE seized 25 cryptocurrency-mining machines from a residence in Ciudad del Este after residents reported intense noise, and the case was referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Travelers carrying plant material into Paraguay should treat the SENAVE phytosanitary question as separate from ordinary baggage or customs assumptions. The practical test is product, processing, origin and intended use, checked before travel through the official requirements lookup and, when needed, with quarantine staff.
Residents are demanding explanations from the Municipality of Lambaré over the alleged disbursement of about G. 6 billion for a road project with no visible progress, while potholes, poor drainage and accumulated waste are worsening streets and sidewalks, although the figure and payments still need to be verified in official documents.
Paraguayan exports under the maquila regime totaled $1.01 billion from January to August 2026, up 26% in one year, with a positive trade balance of $481 million, driven by auto parts, garments, beverages and aluminum manufactures, mainly for Mercosur.
Puente de la Amistad will have partial closures from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday for repairs to the pavement, structure and walkways, while vehicle traffic between Ciudad del Este and Foz do Iguaçu remains open.
An investigation by Última Hora concluded that the phrase was not written by Sarmiento and appears in a political pamphlet with no proven authorship, original manuscript, colophon or printing date, attributed to Caxias and classified as apocryphal by the Mitre Museum; Chiavenato acknowledged that the document might have been lost among wartime records that were burned, stolen, destroyed or misplaced, while the Imperial Museum reported, after an inquiry by the Brazilian Army’s Directorate of Cultural Affairs, that it did not possess the alleged letter.
A complaint filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office calls for an investigation into alleged inspectors who demanded payments from restaurants and offered to regularize documents on behalf of the Municipality of Asunción.
Santiago Peña announced, in partnership with Taiwan, a Sovereign Artificial Intelligence Computing Center with an initial investment of more than US$300 million and a capacity of 10 megawatts, during a forum discussing technology applications and academic training in Paraguay.
Vice President Pedro Alliana backed cutting unnecessary spending in Paraguay’s 2027 budget to meet doctors’ and teachers’ demands, maintained his support for Santiago Peña’s government and said there was unity within the National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party.
Attorney Lalo Gómez (Eulalio Gómez Batista) told El Observador Radio TV that political tentacles directly influence judicial decisions in Coronel Oviedo and the Caaguazú department, causing poor administration of justice, and alleged that Freemasonry exerts even broader influence over courts, lower courts, the Supreme Court of Justice and Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, supposedly having already been denounced by Justice Minister Manuel Ramírez Candia when he was superintendent of the local judicial district.
Paraguay recorded 154,041 procedures on Portal Paraguay in August, which continues to have more than 500,000 active monthly users, while SIFEN surpassed 50,000 taxpayers authorized to issue electronic tax documents, concentrated mainly among small businesses and in the country’s main economic centers.
The Chamber of Deputies declared the protection of Médanos del Chaco National Park a matter of national interest, while a proposal to allow the exploration of possible hydrocarbons in the area remains under consideration, opposed by the MADES environment ministry and the Paraguayan Indigenous Institute.
The National Directorate of Migration recorded more than 3,000 migration security procedures in Paraguay between January and August 2026, including travel bans, refusals of entry, expulsions, transfers to security forces and extraditions.
An agreement with Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare withdrew 446 resignation requests and allowed scheduled surgeries to resume, but medical organizations challenged the text and Sinamed maintained its strike for September 21 and 22, 2026, over pay increases and improvements to the system.
Paraguay's president, Congress and judiciary have separate functions, but power moves between them through defined procedures. A legislative veto is a particularly clear example of how proposals, votes, deadlines and counter-decisions interact – and why the document trail matters more than institutional labels alone.
Türkiye has authorized eight Paraguayan slaughterhouses to export boneless beef after assessing the country’s veterinary inspection system, while the state-owned Et ve Süt Kurumu expressed interest in initially importing up to 300 tons.
Miguel Ángel Robles Ibarra turned himself in to Paraguay’s National Police to begin serving a 10-year sentence for misappropriating G$5.1 billion from the Central Department Governor’s Office, while his former boss, Hugo Javier, is already imprisoned in the same case.
The public transport subsidy included in the 2027 National General Budget is expected to rise 35% to about US$74 million, while Cetrapam is calling for an update to the technical fare, which has been outdated for nine months and is based on an outdated Brazilian model.
The Senate approved changes to a bill that would provide for up to six years in prison and financial compensation for false accusations, sending it back to the Chamber of Deputies as critics warn that it could discourage legitimate complaints.
Paraguayan specialist doctors withdrew their resignations and suspended participation in the September 21 and 22 strike after reaching an agreement with the Ministry of Health, which provides for negotiations on differentiated salaries for high-complexity fields, still subject to budgetary and legislative approval.