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The Paraguayan Industrial Union rejected raising taxes to finance salary increases sought by doctors and called for structural public-spending reform. Analyst Stan Canova criticized the proposal to raise the Personal Income Tax from 10% to 14% and cited monthly pay of up to G. 24 million for doctors with four contracts, which he described as four 12-hour weekly workloads.
stan-canovasilvio-ovelarradio-1000-amAmid a nationwide doctors’ strike, Paraguay is debating higher taxes on tobacco and other levies to fund health care, while economists and business leaders argue for better public management, less waste and policy predictability to avoid harming investment.
silvio-ovelarsantiago-penaA 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.
gustavo-leitesilvio-ovelarThe Finance Committee of the Paraguayan Senate halted a project that would redirect communication funds to healthcare and postponed for 15 days the analysis of a budget increase to pay off the sector's debts.
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