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More than five million eligible voters will choose mayors and municipal boards in 263 districts on Sunday. The electoral authority has also said it plans to publish a non-voter list afterward; appearing on that list is not the same as receiving a final fine.
Health surveillance reported no confirmed dengue cases, outbreaks or deaths during the latest three-week period. Suspected-case notifications nevertheless increased in ten regions, including Asunción.
Paraguay’s second satellite was developed domestically and is intended to test solar panels and image processing, and measure a magnetic anomaly that extends across part of the country.
The British company and Paraguay’s state power utility disagree over energy pricing for a fertiliser plant in Villeta. Termination is due to take effect at the end of 2026; September 30 was a deadline for an addendum or bank guarantee.
Electoral officials explain how nonvoters will be identified and discuss justifications and collection. Voters can check their polling place on the TSJE portal and should bring their physical identity card, even if it has expired.
Paraguay's digital police-background certificate is valid for 90 days and is designed for use inside Paraguay. For residence procedures or other legal acts abroad, the formal default is an in-person certificate from the Department of Identifications so it can follow the required legalization or apostille route; rely on the digital PDF abroad only when the recipient expressly accepts it.
Soledad Núñez accused Luis Bello of advancing a new collective agreement on the eve of the election and said in an interview with ABC TV that about 93% of Asunción’s resources go to operating expenses.
Mariscal Estigarribia’s 43.8°C reading surpassed the 43°C record set in 1952; reports differ on the day it was recorded.
Hospital de Trauma workers are seeking a law specifically for the institution and salary increases in the 2027 budget, as well as permanent status for 42 contract workers and an incentive retirement plan for 10 employees.
The Paraguayan victory at Boquerón 94 years ago paved the way for the Chaco campaign and inspired works of music, literature, visual art and comics.
On September 28, buyers of properties linked to the González Daher case called for further auctions to be suspended. Among them was Ninfa Graciela González, who said she completed 11 years of payments and paid off her lot in August 2026, but had to bid for it again for G. 73 million. Protesters said the court account held more than G. 3 billion, that about 50 families had allegedly been misled by lawyers, and that roughly 90 properties were slated for auction, despite a promise they attributed to Judge Sandra Kirchhofer that the lots would not be affected.
At 40, Yuyito gets food cut into pieces to make chewing easier and regular veterinary checkups at the Asunción Zoo; staff also ask visitors to avoid noise and behavior that could hurt him.
Paraguay's user rules generally start with a traceable complaint to the actual water-service provider and then allow a possible appeal to the Ente Regulador de Servicios Sanitarios (ERSSAN), the regulator for drinking-water and sewerage services. Preserve the provider identity, case number, problem-specific deadline and evidence file; the regulator's provider map is useful sector context, not a reliable address-level lookup.
Paraguay has opened its first Robotic Surgery Training Center, equipped with the South Korean REVO-i system, in a cooperative initiative between the two countries aimed at training professionals and positioning Paraguay as a regional training center.
For an existing marriage celebrated abroad, Paraguay may offer an administrative registration route for marriages between Paraguayans, or between a Paraguayan and a foreign spouse, when the spouses have permanent domicile in Paraguay and the Civil Registry requirements are met. The file turns on the foreign act, apostille or legalization, Spanish translation when needed, identity records, life-and-residence evidence and proof of entry. If the administrative requirements are not met, the route indicated by the Civil Registry is judicial registration.
During a surprise ‘Taguato’ visit to San Lorenzo General Hospital, Paraguay’s health minister, Isaías Fretes, pointed to staff shortages and laboratory problems, toured services including diagnostic imaging, and advocated protocols and audits to reduce unnecessary tests.
The Asunción Municipal Council sent a collective agreement providing for salary increases and benefits to its Legislation Committee. The opposition called it an electoral campaign favoring Camilo Pérez, while Humberto Blasco questioned the agreement’s legitimacy and warned of possible legal consequences and difficulties for the next administration.
Paraguay's companion-animal route covers one to five domestic dogs or cats and requires an original International Veterinary Certificate. The key preparation rules include a clinical examination, valid rabies vaccination, a 21-day wait after a first rabies dose and internal/external antiparasitic treatment; six or more animals are treated as a commercial live-animal consignment.
Paraguayan prosecutors have formally charged four uncles of a young Mennonite woman with coercion and deprivation of liberty after they attempted to forcibly separate her from her husband, who remains in custody awaiting extradition to Bolivia on human trafficking charges filed by his parents-in-law.
A receipt alone does not create a general right to return goods in Paraguay. Conversely, not having a RUC tax number does not mean consumers lose their rights or that refunds are inherently impossible. What matters is why and where the purchase was made: changing your mind after an in-store purchase, a defective product, an incorrect online delivery and a statutory withdrawal are governed by different rules. Even official guidance is inconsistent about one important deadline.
An IPS audit identified a G. 625.159 billion discrepancy between electronic records and the physical movement of medicines and supplies from 2020 to 2024, attributing it to failures in system integration and incomplete documentation. It did not prove a shortfall, while the institution investigates possible responsibility.
Warnings and indications—including the registration of his degree with the Ministry of Education and Sciences in just over four hours, his lack of command of legal language, and the mismatch between the creation of the university and the period of study he claimed—were ignored before Hernán Rivas joined the Jurado de Enjuiciamiento de Magistrados, while Celeste Amarilla warned of possible invalidation of the body’s decisions and perjury, and prosecutor Patricia Sánchez reported a threat attributed to him concerning her remaining in office, with no mention of a death threat.
Volunteer firefighters from three municipalities in Paraguay's Alto Paraná department protested against withheld municipal funds, a situation that compromises the operational capacity of their units and results in inoperable vehicles and reduced emergency services.
Homeschooling is practiced in Paraguay, but the publicly available rules do not establish it as a separate educational pathway with a clear registration, examination and recognition procedure. Paraguay nevertheless has broad compulsory-education requirements: under the current system, compulsory pre-school, Educación Escolar Básica and Educación Media are relevant. Distance education is expressly provided for by law, but learning at home is not automatically the same as officially recognized distance schooling. Families therefore need to know who will document school years and qualifications and whether those records can later be recognized in Paraguay.