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The Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay has nine requests for the removal of parliamentary immunity pending, but President Raúl Latorre says there is no scheduled vote yet due to the need for unanimous agreement among the deputies involved.
yo-creoThe former legal director of IPS, José González Maldonado, received Gs 412.5 million (Paraguayan guaraníes) in his personal account as legal fees from an out-of-court settlement of Gs 7.5 billion with Consorcio Hotelero Sudamericano, in a case under investigation for possible illicit enrichment and breach of trust.
ipsconsorcio-hotelero-sudamericano-saThe corridors of Paraguay's National Congress stood empty on Wednesday, the eve of a public holiday and the Albirroja's World Cup opener, reigniting debate over high absenteeism in the legislature, which allows up to 30 days of annual leave for personal reasons with minimal justification.
jorge-avalos-marinoThe Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay unblocked the case against former Interior Minister Rafael Filizzola on Wednesday, June 11. Filizzola is accused of causing a financial loss of G. 1,131,812,500 to the State due to alleged breach of trust. The Court ordered the case file to be sent to the Court of Appeals, First Chamber of the Capital, so that its natural sitting members can resolve the pending appeals, ending a composition conflict that had stalled the case for over a decade.
rafael-filizzolaParaguay's Supreme Court rejected former Senator Kattya González's appeal, upholding the loss of her Senate seat and ending her judicial bid to return to the upper house.
kattya-gonzalezignacio-iramainalfredo-stroessnerThe pharmaceutical company Megalabs Paraguay SA filed a complaint with the National Directorate of Public Procurement (DNCP) alleging that the Social Security Institute (IPS) suddenly and without prior notice moved up the bid opening date for a G. 51.5 billion tender to purchase critically low-stock medicines, preventing the company from submitting its bid on equal terms.
ipsmegalabs-paraguay-saAlcides Riveros was elected president of the PLRA, Paraguay's main opposition party, with the support of nearly 90 percent of liberal mayors, as well as the backing of senators, deputies, and governors, aiming to strengthen the party ahead of the 2026 municipal elections and the 2028 presidential election.
alcides-riverosmisionesarnaldo-valdezPresident Santiago Peña will present his third management report to the ANR Governing Board on Wednesday, June 17, before appearing before the National Congress on July 1, as mandated by the Constitution. This report is a key step in political accountability in Paraguay, reflecting the relationship between the president and his party, the ANR, with implications for political stability and policy direction in the country.
asociacion-nacional-republicanahoracio-cartesParaguayan President Santiago Peña will travel to Los Angeles from June 11 to 15 to attend Albirroja's debut at the 2026 FIFA World Cup and meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
los-angelessantiago-penamarco-rubiodonald-trumpDeputy Yamil Esgaib requested clarification from the Executive Branch and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the accreditation and operations of the Honorary Consulate of Seychelles in Paraguay, but the proposal was not voted on due to a lack of quorum and will be reintroduced next week.
seychellesmario-abdo-benitezyamil-esgaibThe Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay was suspended for the second consecutive week after cartista (Colorado Party faction) deputy Yamil Esgaib threatened and provoked opposition member Raúl Benítez during the session, resulting in a loss of quorum and the session ending without any votes.
johanna-ortegasantiago-penaPresident Santiago Peña moved the national holiday of June 20, the date of the Promulgation of the 1992 Constitution, to Monday, June 22, creating a second consecutive extended weekend in the month.
santiago-penaThe Honor Colorado movement, led by former President Horacio Cartes, won in 239 of the 263 districts in the Colorado Party's internal elections, consolidating its hegemony and securing representation in the vast majority of municipalities for the October 4 elections, with a voter turnout of 48.3%.
honor-coloradoSenator Esperanza Martínez threatens to leave the Senate special commission investigating the "degree mafia" if there is no genuine investigation free from political interference, after the Cartismo movement appointed Patrick Kemper to chair the body.
esperanza-martinezcartismopatrick-kemperCamilo Pérez, of the Honor Colorado movement, won by a wide margin the ANR internal elections held on Sunday, June 7, obtaining 78,137 votes against 41,770 for Arnaldo Samaniego, and will be the Colorado Party's candidate for the Asunción mayoralty in the October municipal elections.
camilo-perezlilian-samaniegohonor-coloradoA 49-year-old woman was arrested in Arroyos y Esteros, Paraguay, during the simultaneous primary elections — party-level votes in which members select candidates for the general elections — after being caught with seven identity documents that did not belong to her, in what is suspected to be a case of vote buying.
arroyos-y-esterosjosefina-sosa-moraescuela-basica-n-41-fidel-maizmarcelino-ferreiraCongressman Cleto Giménez introduced a resolution bill requesting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide a detailed report on the operations of Paraguayan consulates abroad, including information on their locations, jurisdictions, services offered, and traveling consular outreach events, with the aim of strengthening legislative oversight of services for Paraguayans living outside the country.
cleto-gimenezThe municipal primaries held on Sunday, June 7, saw episodes of violence and irregularities in Lambaré, San Lorenzo, and Mbocayaty, with clashes at schools used as polling stations, polling tables not being set up, and reports of assaults and ballot boxes being excluded.
cordilleralambarembocayatysan-lorenzoParaguay and Bolivia completed in December 2025, after 87 years of technical and diplomatic work, the full demarcation of the 742 kilometers of shared border between the two countries, becoming the only nations in South America with fully demarcated borders.
chacoAhead of Paraguay's municipal primary elections, reports have emerged about the alleged mass purchase of pens containing hidden cameras that could be used to record votes inside the voting booth, a practice prohibited under Paraguayan law.
ciudad-del-esteThe President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, appointed principal and alternate representatives to the Board of the Caja Ferroviaria for the 2025-2028 term, according to Decree No. 6113 signed on May 27, 2026.
caja-ferroviariaferrocarriles-del-paraguay-saasociacion-de-jubilados-ferroviarios-del-paraguaysantiago-penaThe election campaign for the October municipal elections in Paraguay caused the Chamber of Deputies to fail to reach a quorum for a session this week, leaving nearly twenty bills stalled, including the creation of the National Care System, changes to the universal pension for the elderly, judicial reforms, land regularization, and a proposal for the automatic termination of child support at age 18.
hugo-mezaThe defense team of former minister Arnoldo Wiens appealed the definitive acquittal of fellow former minister Ramón Jiménez Gaona and challenged two members of the Court of Appeals in the Metrobús case.
ramon-jimenez-gaonaarnoldo-wiensmetrobusThe Senate postponed the creation of Smartum University due to the absence of a binding opinion from the National Council of Higher Education (CONES), as required by law.