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Paraguay’s Senate launched the Mi Senado app to follow sessions and bills, consult parliamentary information and take part in non-binding consultative votes, following digital-interaction models used by regional parliaments such as Colombia’s.
Senator Rafael Filizzola accused Santiago Peña of using Ueno to make poor deals with state funds and IPS contributors’ money, with possible effects on health care and retirement, as well as supplying energy at low prices and ignoring warnings about the bank.
Camilo Jorge Pérez López Moreira reported the highest spending among the Colorado Party candidates in the primary for mayor of Asunción, exceeding the amount reported by Arnaldo Samaniego by 21.8 times, while allegations involving the use of municipal resources and digital advertising remain officially unconfirmed.
Rubén Ramírez Lezcano said Andy Rivas is his friend but has no contract with the government, although he had direct access to authorities, joined official delegations abroad, appeared as an adviser at the Latino Inaugural Ball, lobbied for the foreign minister’s OAS candidacy and is being investigated by Congress at the request of lawmaker Espínola, while reports link him to Fernando or Sebastián Cerimedo, who is associated with right-wing campaigns, La Derecha Diario and “bot farms”.
Lawyer Mauro Barreto accused the Public Prosecutor’s Office and courts in Ciudad del Este of an alleged illegal-fee scheme, without presenting evidence or independent investigations, and criticized alleged privileges and protection among Supreme Court justices.
Students at privately managed institutions in Paraguay achieved substantially higher PISA 2025 results than students at public schools – according to the Education Ministry analysis, even after socioeconomic and cultural differences were taken into account. That does not mean every private school is better or that all private options are comparable. Paraguay distinguishes between public, fully private and subsidised private institutions. Johannes Gutenberg, Goethe, Lycée Marcel Pagnol, ASA and Asunción Christian Academy represent different education paths, qualifications, languages, access models and costs. Families therefore need to compare the complete education pathway, not only the monthly fee.
The Paraguayan passport fell from 49th to 53rd place and from 144 to 141 accessible destinations in 2026, still equivalent to 71.2% of the destinations assessed, although prior visa requirements remain across large areas of Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies left the IPS emergency bill off its agenda despite a priority motion, as a crisis within Honor Colorado — led by Horacio Cartes, who confirmed the Pedro Alliana–Juan Carlos Baruja ticket — surrounds a proposal that could increase the exposure of the institution’s funds to Ueno Bank.
Ignacio Iramain attributed the ANR crisis to a power and business struggle between Cartes and Peña, while Raúl Benítez mocked the conflict as a fight among “hens” with a “somewhat senile” “rooster” and criticized Pedro Alliana for referring to “80 princes,” correcting the number to 43 deputies who, he said, flatter the government and vote in line on its bills.
Foreign nationals with permanent residency have unusually extensive political rights at municipal level in Paraguay: they can register to vote, elect the mayor and Municipal Board, and under the statutory requirements stand for municipal office themselves. This matters in practice because municipalities regulate issues including land use, construction, streets, waste, markets and local traffic. One unusual provision of the Electoral Code, however, concerns foreign residents who are also entitled to vote in another country.
Hernán Rivas's trial will hear the Public Prosecutor's Office's closing arguments on September 21 and deliver the sentence on September 24, while prosecutors consider investigating possible false testimony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The dispute over the 2028 vice-presidential nomination led Pedro Alliana to reject demands from Horacio Cartes and exposed tensions and new centers of power within Honor Colorado, which is postponing a decision until after the October 4 municipal elections.
ATOME notified Paraguay of its intention to take to arbitration a $665 million dispute over its green-fertilizer project in Villa Elisa after negotiations with ANDE broke down over a 15-year contract and a $30/MWh tariff, while Sitrande cited the Imperium alternative to ABC Color at $70/MWh and the government argued that generation costs could reach $50/MWh in 2043; backed by commitments from institutions including IDB Invest, IFC, the European Investment Bank and the Green Climate Fund, as well as a 10-year contract with Yara, the project could lead to an arbitration claim after 90 days of consultations, although the losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars come from an independent assessment and are not a formal claim.
The Paraguayan Senate postponed, for lack of a quorum, a vote on an independent audit of voting machines ahead of the October 4 municipal elections after governing-party senators left the chamber; the request arose from possible inconsistencies in election records, with no fraud yet proven.
An agreement between the Paraguayan government and unions providing for a 5% salary increase in 2027 reduced the national teachers’ strike, but divided the organizations and kept groups seeking 8% mobilized before some of them suspended the action.
The National Development Bank (BNF) reduced the guarantees required, eased disbursements and waived G. 62 million in administrative expenses when it amended, in October 2023, the G. 62 billion credit granted to itti, despite reservations about the appraisal and condition of the properties offered as collateral.
Three people died when an aircraft crashed in a rural area of Água Boa, after reportedly operating without authorization or an approved flight plan, while definitive identification of the burned victims depends on DNA testing.
The National Unified Registry (RUN) presented the Digital Cadastral and Property Registration Certificate, whose issuance through the Sigre system begins October 1, while the gradual digitization of about 70 million pages will incorporate digital signatures and face challenges such as file cleanup and the assessment of overlapping titles.
Miguel Prieto’s defense said at the Tía Chela trial that it will present suppliers, records and other documents to prove the delivery of 25,000 food kits during the pandemic, while challenging the alleged loss of G. 2.13 billion and the corruption charges.
The government and Sinamed reached an agreement providing for increases of up to G. 2 million per employment relationship, 1,500 new appointments in 2027 and US$260 million for medicines and supplies in next year’s budget, but suspending the strike still depends on a medical assembly.
Horacio Cartes named Juan Carlos Baruja as Pedro Alliana’s running mate for 2028, while the vice president postponed the decision until after the municipal elections; in the same political landscape, Colorado Añetete declared support for Camilo Pérez and Hugo Ramírez, and the government and doctors reached a preliminary pay agreement amid a strike.
Senator Rafael Filizzola said the opposition would block any possible impeachment of independent Supreme Court justices, while defending judicial reforms based on institutional criteria and concrete grounds.
The trials of former minister Arnaldo Giuzzio, accused of aggravated passive bribery, and former Ciudad del Este mayor Miguel Prieto, accused of alleged breach of trust in the purchase of food baskets, have resumed in Paraguay.
Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies will consider on September 15 bills to unblock compensation for children of victims of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship and restore symbols associated with the regime, as well as proposals on sports inclusion for neurodivergent people and increased penalties for facilitating prisoners’ escapes.