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The Paraguayan pharmaceutical sector is challenging a bill that would require pharmacies to provide free basic health services, arguing that it imposes excessive operational costs and transfers a constitutional responsibility of the State to the private sector.
edgar-olmedoThe prosecutor ordered the preventive detention of eight tactical police officers for the shooting death of a 22-year-old young man who disobeyed a stop order in Alberdi, following a protest for justice held by family members and local residents.
alberdidiego-benitezfederick-nahuel-caceres-sosaletizia-alfonsojonathan-valdezA seven-year ethnographic study has identified alleged networks for the sale of courses, certificates, and promotions within the National Police of Paraguay, where training and promotion processes would be transformed into economic transactions.
juan-martens1080-amThe Paraguayan Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC) has identified 13 public servants involved in irregularities within the diploma system, with 130,000 suspicious actions and 283 employees under investigation, while the Senate expands its inquiry to include 20 educational institutions, including the Universidad Sudamericana.
luis-ramirezpatrick-kemperParaguay and Meta officially launch the MAFE Alert system, which uses Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger to notify users within a 160-kilometer radius and expedite the search for missing children and adolescents.
metamaria-fernanda-benitezThe prosecutor is investigating a scheme of fake diplomas within Paraguay's Ministry of Education, with over 300 documents identified, suspected sabotage of the system, and 17 higher education institutions under review by the National Council of Higher Education.
teresa-sosa-laconichluis-ramirezA Spanish tourist reacted with surprise and joy upon encountering real yacaré caimans in the Laguna de Itá, in a video that went viral on social media.
itayacaretiktokFor Paraguayan minors traveling abroad during the winter holidays without both parents, a free judicial authorization is required. This can be obtained in person at local courts, through a public instrument, or via telematics, followed by legalization.
Nineteen Paraguayans, including two minors, were rescued from slave-like labor conditions on a cassava farm in Paraná following an international tip-off. They were subjected to exhausting workdays, inhumane living conditions, and restrictions on their freedom.
tapirajose-rolonAmid the celebrations for Paraguay's victory over Germany in the World Cup, a Brazilian woman thanked the country for being a refuge and an opportunity for a fresh start for thousands of her compatriots.
camila-thibesThe sister-in-law of the governor of San Pedro, sentenced to 11 years for drug trafficking in Operation Austral, served most of her sentence under house arrest after a court decision overturned her pre-trial detention.
san-pedroitapuaA specialist warns that allergies, which already affect 30% of Paraguay's population, are becoming a global epidemic projected to impact half the world's population by 2050, driven by factors like pollution and urbanization, while public health systems lack the resources for adequate treatment.
perla-alcarazhospital-de-clinicasParaguay has launched a new electronic card to ensure free public transport for people with disabilities, compatible with the electronic ticketing systems of buses in the Asunción Metropolitan Area.
senadismopcFormer prosecutor Ana Girala was sentenced to seven years in prison for leading a bribery and extortion scheme at the San Lorenzo Prosecutor's Unit, along with other complicit officials and lawyers.
ana-elizabeth-girala-lopezgriselda-beatriz-acha-alcarazyolanda-morelchristi-magali-ortega-dominguezalcides-hermosillaThe final report on the building collapse in Encarnación points to construction flaws, such as discrepancies in the plans and the lack of a signature from a responsible engineer, and has been forwarded to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which has named four people as defendants in the case.
francisco-martinezencarnacionluis-yd-sanchezThe sister-in-law of San Pedro Governor Freddy D'Ecclesiis turned herself in to police to serve an 11-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and criminal association, a final conviction resulting from the 2018 Operativo Austral investigation.
operativo-australpedro-juan-caballeroA Paraguayan court has upheld a ruling ordering the State to pay a multi-million dollar compensation to the parents of a young soccer player who died in an accident caused by a pothole on the Acceso Sur highway, maintaining the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) for the poor maintenance of the road.
club-olimpiajavier-alexander-yegros-riverososvaldo-gonzalezThe Ministry of Labor intervened at the company LPG Emprendimientos S.A. to investigate the explosion of a barge on the Paraguay River that killed five workers last Saturday.
lpg-emprendimientos-s-aA Paraguayan court has overturned, by a divided vote, the compensation that had been granted by the state to two brothers tortured during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner.
alfredo-stroessnerherminio-melgarejo-mendezenrique-mongelosmartin-acosta-condeA judge in Curuguaty, previously recused from the case, ordered a repossession that benefits a mayoral candidate and affects a chia plantation and an indigenous community established decades ago.
sonia-medina-paredesluis-ferreirachiajulio-veraThe new management of Paraguay's social security institute has found 67 inherited criminal cases, including high-impact investigations and delays of up to a decade, and plans to speed up investigations to recover funds.
ipsisaias-fretespablo-morinigoAn explosion on a barge in the Paraguay River opposite Asuncion's Costanera Sur killed at least five people on Saturday, according to Paraguay's Naval Prefecture.
oscar-chamorrocostanera-surThe scandal involving fake university degrees in Paraguay, with over 250 confirmed frauds and suspicions surrounding 1,500 more, has exposed a structural crisis in higher education that has led to government intervention in universities and triggered investigations by Congress and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
esperanza-martinezParaguay's public health system has performed its first highly complex biventricular pacemaker implant at the National Institute of Cardiology, a historic milestone made possible by the hospital's modernization funded by Itaipu Binacional.
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