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Lawmaker denounces scheme at the Attorney General's Office that reduces amounts recovered by the state

Congresswoman Rocío Vallejo denounced an alleged scheme at the Attorney General's Office that would drastically reduce the amounts recovered by the state in legal settlements with private companies while maintaining high legal fees. The allegations raise important issues about governance and institutional integrity at the PGR, with implications for trust in Paraguay's legal system and for international investors and observers interested in the country's transparency.

Population aging in Paraguay requires a review of business strategies

The accelerated aging of Paraguay's population is already underway and will require companies to deeply revise their investment, employment, and productivity strategies, warned UNFPA specialist Claudina Zavattiero during ADEC's 18th International CSR and Sustainability Congress. She noted that the country will undergo in three decades an aging process that took roughly a century in Europe, which will reshape both consumer markets and labor availability.

Paraguay's Supreme Court rejects Kattya González's challenge to her expulsion from the Senate

The Extended Constitutional Chamber of Paraguay's Supreme Court of Justice rejected by six votes to three the unconstitutionality action filed by former Senator Kattya González against her expulsion from the Senate in February 2024, ruling that the court cannot intervene in the disciplinary acts of the Legislative Branch. This case holds broader significance as it may set a precedent affecting the balance of powers and legal certainty in Paraguay, with implications for the country's institutional stability and rule of law.

Former mayor of Lambaré to face hearing on June 29 over alleged corruption scheme at Senave

Former mayor of Lambaré, Roberto Cárdenas, sentenced to eight years in prison for misappropriation of public funds, is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on June 29, convened by Judge Rosarito Montanía, as part of an investigation into an alleged corruption scheme involving the collection of bribes for the granting of Phytosanitary Import Accreditations (Afidi) at the National Service for Plant and Seed Quality and Health (Senave), which also involves the former head of the institution, Pastor Emilio Soria Melo, and seven other defendants.

The Paraguayan Congress approved the merger of the Secretariat for Repatriated Citizens with the Foreign Ministry through an automatic enactment mechanism

The Paraguayan Congress approved by constructive approval the merger of the Secretariat of Development for Repatriated Nationals and Compatriot Refugees with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dissolving the secretariat as an autonomous institution after more than three decades and creating in its place the Specialized Program for Repatriated Nationals and Compatriot Refugees (PEPRRC), with administrative and financial autonomy within the Foreign Ministry.