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A police pursuit in Mayor Otaño, Itapúa, turned deadly early Sunday as officers exchanged gunfire with suspects in two vehicles. One man was killed, another arrested, and a large quantity of marijuana was confiscated.
mayor-otanoitapuaThe department concentrates nearly half of the national revenue in the sector, driven by infrastructure and construction works.
alto-paranapresidente-hayesitapuaThe Ceiba chodatii, an emblematic tree of the Paraguayan Chaco, gains a rare specimen with yellow flowers in Parque Rodó, Montevideo. Amateur botanist Antonio Schinca documents the reproductive difficulties of the specimen, which blooms in the austral winter and suffers from a lack of pollinators. The tree, known as samu'u, is also used in the Chaco to make canoes that transport children to school during floods.
ceiba-chodatiimontevideoParaguay's Ministry of Justice has launched Operation Umbral 2.5, transferring female inmates to the Emboscada Women's Penitentiary Complex (Comple), in a coordinated action with CODENA and other security forces. The operation takes place under strict security measures and aims to reorganize the national prison system.
Raised in Barrio Obrero, Miguel Figueredo transformed a nighttime laboratory into the largest private health insurer in Paraguay. Today he chairs the board of MAPFRE Paraguay and has served as a director of Club Sol de América and the Paraguayan Football Association (APF).
miguel-figueredoasismedmapfre-paraguayNew research reignites the debate on the origin of human personality, pointing to a complex interaction between heredity and environment, with emphasis on neuroplasticity and epigenetics.
President Santiago Peña's announcement of building the world's largest artificial intelligence center in Paraguay has generated skepticism among local experts, who point to a lack of technical capacity and warn of the risk of the country becoming a mere supplier of cheap energy in a global geopolitical dispute.
taiwannvidiatsmcAfter 16 years of absence, the qualification of the Paraguayan National Team for the 2030 World Cup, under the command of Gustavo Alfaro, generates economic expectations and international projection. Group D, with the United States, Turkey, and Australia, opens opportunities for the Country Brand, agribusiness, tourism, and sectors such as clothing and technology, with emphasis on the digitalization of MSMEs.
gustavo-alfaroA police operation targeting suspected drug trafficking in Mayor Otaño led to a chase, a shootout, the death of one suspect, the arrest of another, and the seizure of two vehicles loaded with marijuana.
mayor-otanoBrazil's Federal Court sentenced drug trafficker Lindomar Reges Furtado to 37 years in prison for leading an organization that exported more than six tons of cocaine to Europe. Furtado had escaped in 2022 during Operation Turf in Paraguay and was captured in 2025 in Rio de Janeiro.
lindomar-reges-furtadosenadParaguay's Financial Development Agency (AFD) has granted US$ 55 million in loans to women entrepreneurs through the Women's Guarantee Fund (Fogamu), launched in 2022. AFD President Stella Guillén noted that despite progress, obstacles such as informality, lack of collateral, and insufficient credit history still limit access to financing.
afdParaguayan ambassador to Washington, Gustavo Leite, met with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau to formalize his farewell. Leite will return to Asunción in mid-July to retake his Senate seat, prompting a new substitution in the Colorado Party bench.
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