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Argentina’s National Gendarmerie installed a gate on the La Fraternidad footbridge between Nanawa and Clorinda, restricting passage from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and drawing criticism from local officials over the impact on trade and travel and the risk of increasing clandestine crossings.
Decree No. 6,692, signed by Santiago Peña, authorizes the transfer for consideration of a military property spanning more than 9 hectares at Km 8 in Ciudad del Este to the Ministry of Health to build the Gran Hospital de Alto Paraná. Itaipú will fully finance the physical works, initially planned to have 204 inpatient beds and 56 intensive care beds.
Paraguay's winter is mild on average, but it is real, variable and capable of frost and sub-zero temperatures. Station records and climate normals show why both “always hot” and “European winter” are misleading descriptions.
Lambaré city government notified families living along the Lambaré Stream to leave the area as a precaution, citing risks of flooding, overflows, landslides and erosion with El Niño arriving and severe rain forecast, while residents are calling for permanent water-management works.
Paraguay and Argentina are studying a $5 billion binational hydropower project on the Paraná River, with 2,880 megawatts of capacity, possible private operation, an estimated six-year construction period and the resettlement of more than 220 families, while financing, environmental impacts and the operating model remain under review.
Environmental organizations and citizens protested a bill by lawmaker José Rodríguez that would change protections for Médanos del Chaco National Park to allow mining and hydrocarbon extraction, risking contamination of the Yrenda aquifer, Indigenous communities and biodiversity, while the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development recommends rejecting it.
Petropar has begun selling Jet A-1 and AVGAS in Paraguay, with one plant operating in Encarnación and plans for five facilities through a public-private partnership that does not require direct state investment in infrastructure.
The Asunción Municipal Board approved preliminary plans for 11- and 18-story towers in residential neighborhoods under an exceptionalities regime, while opposition councilors warn the recurring practice worsens infrastructure collapse, with 85% of the capital's streets past their useful life, and blocked a third 25-story project in Recoleta.
MOPC conducted aerodynamic tests at the Polytechnic University of Milan to test the future Bioceanic Bridge, which will connect Paraguay and Brazil, against extreme winds in a controlled environment.
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.
Germany advises visitors to carry an international permit with the German original for up to 90 days. A resident then needs the Paraguayan municipal route—not an assumed automatic exchange.
The level of the Paraguay River continues to fall, reaching 1.36m in Asunción and putting commercial navigation, a vital activity for the country's economy, on alert.
Paraguay and Chile are assessing the creation of an electrical interconnection network to strengthen regional energy security, enable energy exchange, and protect against system vulnerabilities.
ATOME is advancing the development of a 300 MWp solar plant project in Villeta, Paraguay, after securing financial support for its feasibility study.
The Paraguayan Authors Association is investigating the irregular registration of more than one hundred national songs with a US rights management entity, while a Paraguayan producer celebrates a royalty agreement with Shakira and the success of his songs.
After the sixth death in the Pedrozo accident, Minister Claudia Centurión ordered the removal of the traffic light at the location within 30 days.
Senator Lilian Samaniego supports a bill to make mandatory vehicle technical inspection compulsory in all municipalities of Paraguay, aiming to decentralize the service and prevent accidents caused by vehicles in poor condition.
Five people died and seven were injured after a truck with brake failure collided with vehicles at the Pedrozo intersection in Ypacaraí on the PY02 highway, exposing mechanical failures, poor infrastructure, and delays in promised works for the site, while the driver is charged with negligent homicide and the opposition demands accountability from the Public Works Minister.
Urban planner describes being a pedestrian in Asunción as a high-risk act of audacity due to car-centric infrastructure, inadequate sidewalks, and lack of traffic education.
Paraguay's airports recorded the highest passenger traffic of the year in July, with over 122,000 boardings and deboardings, according to Dinac.
Climbing birds, essential for the health of Paraguayan woodlands by controlling pests, are threatened by deforestation and fragmentation of their habitats.
The municipality of Ciudad del Este is preparing a local ordinance and a bill is moving through the National Congress to regulate the circulation of electric scooters, aiming to reduce accidents following their increased use.
On its 489th anniversary, Asunción is experiencing a real estate boom that contrasts with the neglect of its historic center and overwhelms the infrastructure of the Paraguayan capital.
Paraguay sends 50 tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Chocó leaves 294 dead, 3,935 injured, 320 missing, and damages infrastructure, housing, and animals.