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Politics - Sep 6, 2026

Jorge Brítez remains silent at Public Prosecutor’s Office over IPS modular operating rooms

Jorge Brítez, former president of Paraguay’s Social Security Institute (IPS), chose not to testify to the Public Prosecutor’s Office about the failed installation of modular operating rooms at Central Hospital. The case concerns the management of funds and possible responsibility at an institution central to the country’s public healthcare system.

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Politics - Aug 17, 2026

IPS spends more to resume surgical center construction in Asunción after fraud

Paraguay's Social Security Institute (IPS) is spending more to resume construction of surgical centers at the Central Hospital in Asunción after fraud, million-dollar contract amendments, and three-year delays in the contract with Neighpart S.A., while former managers are investigated for losses to the public treasury.

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Politics - Aug 10, 2026

Paraguayan justice system faces pressure for effectiveness in IPS corruption cases

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.

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Infrastructure & Environment - Aug 7, 2026

Former IPS Presidents Charged with Embezzlement of 61 Billion in Unfinished Project

Paraguay's Public Prosecutor's Office has charged nine people, including two former presidents of the IPS, for an alleged embezzlement of 61 billion guaranis related to a never-completed modular operating room project, amid a crisis at the institution where the Comptroller General's Office points to much larger losses and beneficiaries demand broad investigations.

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Security & Justice - Aug 6, 2026

Paraguay's Prosecutor's Office charges former IPS presidents for embezzlement of G. 61 billion in project

Paraguay's Prosecutor's Office charged nine former IPS employees, including former presidents, for embezzlement of G. 61 billion in a contract for modular operating rooms never installed.

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Security & Justice - Aug 5, 2026

Prosecutors seek arrest of former IPS presidents for alleged 61 billion graft in unfinished works

Paraguay's Public Ministry has requested the preventive detention of two former presidents of the Social Security Institute (IPS) and seven other former officials for an alleged diversion of 61 billion guaranis in unfinished works. In separate cases, former mayor Miguel Prieto will stand trial for a simulated purchase during the pandemic, and three people are accused of fraud against Mennonite settlers.

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