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Paraguay recorded a 40% increase in foreign direct investment in 2025, driven by hydropower and telecommunications, while the government launches strategies like the 'Industrial Revolution' to attract more capital and double GDP with sectoral reforms.
Former Senator Enrique Bacchetta alerted the Chamber of Deputies in 2020 about doubts regarding Hernán Rivas' law degree, whose trial for using a false document reveals certificates with serious spelling errors and testimony from a former university rector who claims to have signed it inside a car without ever seeing Rivas attend classes.
A bill redirecting 500 billion guaranis from spending considered superfluous to purchase medicines is stalled in the Paraguayan Senate due to lack of opinion from the Finance Committee, which did not meet, revealing an internal division within the ruling party.
Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies recorded that 84% of its sessions were interrupted due to lack of quorum, despite the high salaries and privileged retirement regime of the parliamentarians.
The Paraguayan government projects a fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP and new debt of $600 million for 2027, a plan criticized by experts and the president of Congress as fiscally irresponsible and unsustainable without spending cuts and reforms.
The selection process for Paraguay's new Ombudsman, which closes applications on Monday, is under strong criticism from experts and the opposition, who point to a history of partisan influence, the institution's insignificant performance, and an incumbent candidate accused of maintaining political affiliation prohibited by law.
The Paraguayan Senate postponed the vote on the fuel transparency law and the insurance bill to form working groups, following objections from regulatory bodies and lack of consensus in committees.
While Senator Lilian Samaniego projects her candidacy for President of Paraguay for 2028, factions of the Colorado Party are proposing former President Horacio Cartes as a Senate candidate for the party.
Paraguayan professor rescued after being lost for days in the Misiones forest in Argentina while trying to recover a weather balloon for an academic project, after reporting fleeing from a jaguar.
Paraguay's Internal Defense Operations Command (CODI) has spent $68 million since 2013, facing criticism over its limited effectiveness against the armed group EPP, whose attacks continue despite the military force's expanded operations.
Eduardo Bolsonaro supports the Paraguayan Congress's condemnation of Lula over statements about the War of the Triple Alliance, which caused diplomatic friction.
Paraguay repatriated 14 Central American migrants to their countries of origin, bringing the total number of people who have transited through the country under the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States to 52, an operation that received support from IOM.
Public pressure for judicial effectiveness against corruption at IPS grows with the recent indictment of nine people, while experts and retirees warn about procedural delays and demand recovery of misappropriated funds.
Deputies and representatives of agencies, including the Superior Court of Electoral Justice, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, the Secretariat for Development for Repatriated and Refugee Compatriots, the Paraguayan Migration Coordination, and the Migrant Women's Network, will meet on August 10 to evaluate the implementation of the automatic registration law in the Permanent Civic Registry for Paraguayans abroad.
Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies will decide next Tuesday whether to insist on or archive the bill, already rejected by the Senate, that grants police access to private security camera footage.
Paraguay and Brazil are negotiating an agreement to accelerate the transfer of convicts between the two countries, focusing on reducing bureaucratic delays such as official translations and implementing the Electronic Judicial File system.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña attends Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration in Colombia, emphasizing regional security cooperation after revealing difficult relationship with predecessor Gustavo Petro.
The crisis in the Caapucú Municipal Council escalated with opposition councilors being locked in the chamber and targeted with pepper spray to prevent a session that would approve the resignation of Mayor Gustavo Penayo, who is trying to invalidate his own request after realizing his successor would not be an ally.
President Santiago Peña celebrates the expansion of the Zero Hunger program, which serves over one million students, while Senator Ignacio Iramain criticizes the lack of reliable measurement of its real impact, pointing to operational failures and the absence of a baseline for evaluation.
The Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA) withdrew its candidacy in Ciudad del Este to unite the opposition around Daniel Pereira Mujica, while the Colorado Party intensifies its campaign in the Central Department for the October municipal elections.
The president of Paraguay's Congress asks Petropar to keep prices low to regulate the market, while he and other politicians, including former deputies and a senator, are linked to fuel stations of the state-owned company.
Former mayor Miguel Prieto will stand trial in the Tajy Case after admissions by former collaborators, while his party denounces political persecution and expands international operations.
Paraguayan courts have definitively acquitted former Lambaré mayor Guido González of charges related to the deaths of two soldiers swept away by a flash flood in 2023, after the Public Ministry requested dismissal due to lack of evidence to hold him criminally responsible.
The National Development Bank postponed technical details to later stages in the 135.853 billion guaranis bid for a new banking core. ABC Color alleged possible favoritism toward the Vázquez Group, but the official DNCP registry does not prove this accusation.