Police discovered 693 kilos of marijuana in the Primero de Marzo school in the city of Caaguazú, Paraguay, about 175 kilometers east of Asunción, on June 6, 2012. The drug was divided into 47 packages and stored in a closed restroom, La Nueva reports. Alcadio Ramírez, director of the school, was arrested during the seizure. […]
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Officials are investigating a group of suspicious Arabs in the tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, ABC Color reports. Investigations began last year, when security agents began to suspect the Arabs of piracy, drug trafficking, and weapons trafficking. The proceeds of their activity were then transferred to banks in the Middle East. Argentine intelligence […]
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In an operation called “Maraya,” the anti-narcotics brigade in Tacuarembó, Uruguay broke up a drug trafficking gang by arresting five suspects on May 30, 2012. A trial is pending for the arrestees, Eric Paul Bravo Dos Santos (21), Enri Franco Bravo Dos Santos (27), a woman with the initials B.G.D.M (29), Julio César Techera (48), […]
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The Director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Public Health, Ivan Allende, said the death toll due to dengue rises to 47 people so far in 2012. He noted that was reduced by 60% the cases reported in the capital districts. Read Article
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Paraguay: Narcotrafficker caught with crack, cocaine, and marijuana Edgardo Anastacio Benítez Gill, 34, was arrested with 485 grams of crack in the form of three large, five medium,and 62 small stones. He also possessed 25 grams of cocaine and 15 grams of marijuana, according to ABC Color. Authorities also found 15,687,000 guaranís in small bills, […]
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Alirio Rutdy Moreno Zarate, alias “Runcho,” was arrested in a hotel room in Asunción, Paraguay by the Department of Criminal Investigation and Interpol. Runcho is known to be a main partner of the narcotrafficker Daniel “El Loco” Barrera. After the arrest, Runcho was deported to Colombia, CM& reports. Runcho became involved with El Loco in […]
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The Intermunicipal Cooperation Paraguayan Organization (opacity) is working on his project to standardize driver’s licenses valid for the whole country. The different districts gradually implement this model and the goal is that next year the use of the document will be compulsory. Ricardo Núñez Gimenez, president of the opacity, said the idea is to end […]
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THIS CITY (Silvia Sosa, our regional language). The victim was hit millionaire Fredy Alberto Rojas (27), an employee of the distributor of beverages “Imepar” Mercosur Park, located on the avenue of the capital Monsignor Rodriguez department, police sources said. Around 08:00, Rojas left the premises of the firm, on board a gray Nissan truck, registration […]
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A woman was attacked by a tiger in the Paraguayan town of Laguna West Teja, north of Mariscal Estigarribia, local radio reported today. According to initial reports, the incident occurred yesterday in the western region known as the Paraguayan Chaco, affected by floods caused by heavy rains and the overflowing of the river Pilcomayo. No […]
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The affected area includes the department of Boqueron with 3,485 families, 1,543 families with Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes, with 8,626 families. To date were distributed resources of the SEN, 7610 food kits. In the area of General Diaz, also delivered 20 packets of herb, 3 bags of rice of 50 kilos each, 2 bags […]
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The volume of cargo imported and shipped through the airport customs Guarani decreased from Easter, when the anti-corruption prosecutor, Arnaldo Guizzio, retained more than 15 shipments suspected of undercutting, according to the data. Weekly entered through airport customs said between two and three freighters with 100 to 150 thousand kilos of products. This week entered […]
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Two Colombians, identified as Santos Minho Severo (41) and Rodrigo Velez Correa (53), who were in a house used as a nursery for marijuana, grown in a very peculiar, were arrested last night by officers of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad .) The prosecutor explained to Javier Ibarra ONE Radio that the operation was in […]
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Asuncion, Paraguay. – Dengue fever killed 11 people and affected 4 000 600 people in the last four months in Paraguay, according to a bulletin released on Saturday by officials of the Sanitary Surveillance Ministry of Health. Poor health forced authorities to declare an “epidemic” in an area close to the Paraguayan capital, where public […]
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The 12th precinct of Holy Trinity neighborhood Task Forces led to the Special Police for the bomb threat received on the afternoon of Friday April 6, 2012. Task Forces are on the site by testing, confirmed the police officers. The notice was received through the 911 emergency system, but the caller to make the complaint […]
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The Bolivian Foreign Ministry announced today that defined the mechanism for returning to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay than 1,400 stolen vehicles were entered Bolivia illegally. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Alurralde, to return it, the countries concerned must require, through its own prosecution, seizure of the stolen vehicles in its territory […]
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ABC Digital Readers complained, through the fan page, some images posted on the profile of Jonathan Elias Fernandez where he exhibited as a trophy the body of various animals that were killed, including some banned as the case of goldfish. Law No. 3191/07 Fishing, mining, harvesting and storage for later sale, for terms of five […]
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Consistently, the media blamed Brazil to Paraguay to be the mecca of counterfeiting, piracy and smuggling. Announced with great fanfare the seizure of large quantities of electronics, drugs and cigarettes. However, do not say is that this business was initiated by the “Brazilian brothers” in Paraguay. The fierce attack on the illegality is simply because […]
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FALKLAND islanders yesterday vowed to defy a South American “blockade” aimed at strangling their economy. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay have banned ships flying the Falklands flag from docking in their ports.The provocative move sparked calls yesterday for Britain to send a nuclear submarine to the south Atlantic in a show of force. Read Article
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Leaders of the countries of Mercosur (including Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez) are soon to meet to discuss tariffs, the commissioning of the Banco del Sur, and will also sign a free trade agreement with Palestine per infobae.com. Another main topic will be the effects of the international financial crisis on Mercosur’s member […]
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The tourism and travel agencies in Paraguay reported today that for a couple of weeks recorded a real boom in the sale of air parcels, which urged the prices of tickets to various destinations.According to recent reports, the plane tickets are already nearly exhausted until February, and in some cases, companies are no longer places, […]
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At the request of trade unions in Paraguay Airport, the government finally repealed the law to private sector management of services and international airport in Asuncion and Ciudad del Este. Lopez Perito said that despite this problem, the executive continues in its desire to proceed with the construction of a new international airport in Chaco […]
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The National Police warned on Monday to the general public regarding the appearance and circulation of counterfeit notes 10, 50 and 100 thousand Guarani, and the appearance of 50,000 Series “C” banned by the Central Bank of Paraguay. Read Article
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Again, Paraguay has the sad privilege of being the runner-up corruption in Latin America during the year that is ending. This was revealed by Transparency International (TI) in the latest edition of the Index of Corruption Perception (CPI). It is not the first time that our country holds this degrading position. Already in times of […]
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Some 6,500 Brazilian soldiers and ships supported by aircraft launched a major operation against illegal drug trafficking, weapons and goods at the borders with Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay, an official confirmed Thursday. Read Article
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The Ministry of Justice and Labor, decided to temporarily suspend work contracts in seven companies raised meat and refrigerators that far after the outbreak of FMD. he measure will affect workers in seven meat companies that have raised the temporary suspension of contracts. The Undersecretary of Labor reminds employers that violate labor standards will be […]
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Domestic flights – Argentina and Brazil included in initial routes. Aerolínea Sol del Paraguay (The Sol of Paraguay) Airlines today inaugurated its official flights in the South American country in ceremony held at the international airport Silvio Pettirrossi, in the presence of President Fernando Lugo.This company is clearly Paraguayan and start their journeys after 16 […]
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The 421 kilos of marijuana were distributed in 17 bags and hidden in the boat 455, a convoy of the international company “ADM,” which was carrying soybeans and corn to the port of Nueva Palmira, Uruguay. Read Article
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The Social Security Institute (IPS) last week confirmed that two children died from boarding pictures of chickenpox. El ente instó a la población a estar atenta a esta enfermedad, ya que son comunes los brotes del mal en esta época del año. The agency urged people to be aware of this disease, and outbreaks are […]
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The Ministry of Health of Paraguay identified nine high-risk areas for the occurrence of severe dengue cases and called for the systematic adoption of measures for promotion, prevention and control. In a report released today indicates that the institution Central, Concepción, Amambay, Alto Parana, Cordillera, Paraguarí, President Hayes, Boqueron and Assumption are the highest risk […]
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Paraguayan health officials said Tuesday that an outbreak of FMD in cattle in the department of San Pedro (center), found in September, was a human error. “After recent laboratory analysis we can affirm that the outbreak of FMD found in the department of San Pedro was produced by a fault in the system of vaccination, […]
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The Paraguayan government ordered a halt to the start of an airport workers strike scheduled for midnight on Thursday to ensure traffic to the Ibero-American Summit at the weekend. However, unionists who reject a law authorizing the granting of the major airports said they will proceed with the measure and would appeal against the official […]
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Several tourists cancel trips TO THREAT OF UNION Airport strike threat already affecting tourism businesses While TAM said its services will not be affected, Asatur is concerned about the effects of the strike. Asatur, worried about the effect that the measure of force generated by the tourists, some of which have already canceled their trips. […]
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SAN PEDRO DE YCUAMANDYYÚ (Omar Acosta, correspondent). Auditors Russians, Dr. Ludmila Abramava, Dr. Vladimir Ferisov, Dr. Victor Kikiforov and translator Oleg Marchenko, visited the provincial capital district where the outbreak of disease detected. Russian auditors visited the area yesterday, the focus of disease and even Santa Helena entered the establishment and toured parts of the […]
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There are over 80 border crossings used by traffickers. Until the end of August there were 650 drug raids. Seized 25 tons of cannabis and arrested 42 people. 90% of prison inmates Candelaria are “mules”. At that time the Paraná mirror reflects only shade, water boatmen earn sheer necessity. Rowing load hurry and fear, unable […]
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The federal judge who succeeds to Eldorado Posadas, Jose Luis Casals, says there is a miscommunication of what is done in the area and swears he did well in the fight against drug trafficking, but said that the true origin of all there is defined in the Penal Code. “Drug trafficking is a cultural problem. […]
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President Fernando Lugo, publicly apologized to the families of two missing children in 1996 and 2000 during his military service is compulsory in Paraguay, to the mothers of the victims. “I apologize on behalf of the Paraguayan State. Reaffirm our commitment to respect the commitments to respect the agreements made in the field of Inter-American […]
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The Health Ministry warned that the current larval infestation rate is conducive to the spread of dengue, which could be repeated by an epidemic of the disease and that all the conditions.The State makes Portfolio Ming and environmental awareness campaigns for the prevention of dengue, and everything points to a new epidemic, according to a […]
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The complaint against Philip “Baron” was presented by Valter Drain Day Dos Reis, Brazil, owner of the ranch located in the area of Capitan Bado, which were found the two tracks underground. According to the complaint filed with the Public Ministry for the Brazilian citizen, on 17 September, at 10:00, received a phone call, a […]
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80 percent of sexually exploited women in Argentina are from Paraguay, according to a report released during the conference against Trafficking in Persons, held at the Embassy of Paraguay in Buenos Aires. The statistic was provided by Josephine Keim, coordinator for preventing and combating trafficking, the Foreign Ministry of Paraguay, based on a study presented […]
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The Colombian government ordered suspended for six months on imports of livestock, meat and other products with risk of transmission of FMD from Paraguay.After the outbreak that occurred in the department of San Pedro in that country, the measure seeks to protect animal health and maintain its status today credited Colombia as FMD free, said […]
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RIFLE HEALTH: 130 CATTLE were eliminated in the EVE Yesterday began the slaughter of animals affected by the disease Neighbouring utmost care to prevent disease outbreak affecting exports of meat from other members of Mercosur. Yesterday we proceeded to stamping out for the slaughter of the 819 heads affected by FMD, as determined by the […]
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That the file quoted in the book having added the immediate notification report communicated to the Organization for Animal Health (OIE) which reports on the occurrence of an outbreak of FMD in a cattle of the Department of San Pedro the REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY. That the sanitary condition of the REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA requires the […]
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The group is a remnant of the exterminated band led by the then leader, Valdecir Pinheiro dos Santos. Conocidos delincuentes son los que tuvieron en cautiverio por seis días a Dalia María. Known offenders are those who were in captivity for six days Dalia Maria. Days after the kidnapping occurred on the morning of Aug. […]
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Brazil’s army began on Friday gave a mega security operation on the Triple Frontier, with the aim of curbing illegal activities as smuggling and drug trafficking and weapons. The Brazilian general Ajax Porto Pinheiro, one of the persons responsible for operating Agate 2, announced that the controls in the area where forces are deployed will […]
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The Department of Health Surveillance indicates that the introduction of this serotype (4) in Paraguay is worrying, not its virulence, but the likelihood of transmission in areas where the population has been exposed to epidemics of other serotypes, by which urges people to take care measures recommended. Read Article
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Police records show that in Paraguay kidnapping is a crime that mostly affects women. With Dalia Scappini plagiarism, and are 25 women who were kidnapped in the last 10 years. Police investigators noted that this is because the bands of kidnappers prey on the weakness of their victims to catch them, and then submit them […]
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The weighty challenge the Uruguayan government faces in securing sufficient energy supplies was brought into stark relief as a dispute began in July 2011 between Argentina and Paraguay over the sale of Paraguayan electricity to Uruguay. Read Article
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Scappini Dalia Campos, a young woman of 31 years, finds missing since Tuesday morning at approximately 7:30 pm in Asuncion on the way to your workplace. His car was intercepted by another that went down the alleged kidnappers. The vehicle was abandoned Dalia hours later at Havana neighborhood Espinoza. There was a telephone call from […]
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Two Paraguayan men were arrested in the town of Recreo, Santa Fe, Argentina yesterday for transporting 190 kilos of marijuana hidden in the floor of their truck, according to telam.com.ar. The Ford Ranger pickup truck was stopped during a routine traffic check on Route 11 when police noticed the men were extremely nervous. After searching […]
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District attorney, Teresa Martínez, of Buenos Aires, is working today with authorities from Paraguay to repatriate 23 women that were rescued from a trafficking network outside of Buenos Aires over the weekend, according to abc.com.py. The victims from Peru and Paraguay, ranging from 30 to younger than 18-years-old, arrived in Argentina hoping to find honest […]
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A package was seized today at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque, Paraguay containing 3.957 kilos of cocaine hidden among leather car seat covers and a thermos used for drinking a South American tea called yerba maté. Abc.com.py reports that the package was headed for Spain when it was seized by the National Anti-Drug […]
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In a news conference this morning the Institute of Social Welfare (IPS) reported that there have been 11,103 confirmed cases of dengue fever in Paraguay so far this year, per abc.com.py. They also reported that the illness has caused 29 deaths. Of those that presented with dengue, 54% visited the doctor due to respiratory infections […]
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The U.S. House of Representatives released a report this month focusing on Lebanese and Iranian terrorist groups, specifically Hezballah, that have established networks in South America at the Triple Frontier between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and in Venezuela, reports infobae.com. The Triple Frontier is already a haven for organized crime and trafficking, and the Islamist […]
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A fight that occurred earlier this morning in the infamous Tacumbú prison in Asunción, Paraguay resulted in the death of an inmate, according to abc.com.py. Police are investigating the situation, but have still not identified who participated in the fight and who actually killed the other inmate. Read Article
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Civil society organisations* from Latin America, Europe and around the world have issued an open letter calling on the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation to reject a proposal to finance Calyx Agro, a company that acquires farmland in Latin America on behalf of wealthy foreign investors. Read Article
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This Friday, the 15, and Saturday, Xtreme Adventure will be hosting an event in Paraguay that calls for citizens to bike together under the full moon, according to abc.com.py. Residents of the popular tourism town, San Bernardino will be meeting in summer village tonight at 8:30 p.m. to begin biking. Members can participate for 70 […]
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•Tourists from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela may enter Colombia for the World Cup U-20 beginning July 29 without passports, reported Terra.com. •According to the director of the Administrative Security Department, people from these nine countries need only submit their respective national identity cards. •Proexport, which promotes tourism in Colombia, […]
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Four Paraguayans were admitted to the Gumersindo Sayago Municipal Hospital in Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba over the weekend with carbon-monoxide poisoning, according to abc.com.py. The tourists inhaled the poisonous gas from heaters in their hotel room. They were admitted to the hospital with nausea, headaches and stomachaches but discharged the next day. Read Article
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The National Paraguayan Police announced today that they are sending 4,000 officers to the Ñacunday area in response to conflicts and protests that have arisen in the area between farmers and peasants on their land, according to ultimahora.com. The farmers began a demonstration yesterday using armored farm equipment after discovering that the government had suspended […]
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Officials and legal advisers to the Itaipú Binational Entity, the hydroelectric dam between Paraguay and Brazil, have announced today that they will keep their doors open in terms of the information available about the company to the public, per abc.com.py. This announcement has arrived in the wake of claims that the company has been unconstitutional […]
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Documents revealed by Wikileaks this week show that Brazil gave $1.7 million to the Paraguay Armed Forces in 2005 to keep military and political officials in the country happy, according to abc.com.py. The money was meant to ease complaints Paraguay had about the management of the bi-national dam and power plant, Itaipú. As stated in […]
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The public transportation drivers strike taking place in Asunción, Paraguay today has already caused huge delays for commuters and street blockages, and has now become the reason 30% of all public school children in the city were unable to attend school today, according to abc.com.py. The Department of Education has been dealing with an unusually […]
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The Carolina Foundation announced today it has awarded scholarships to 50 Paraguayans for postgraduate studies in Spanish universities, according to abc.com.py. The director of the foundation traveled to Asunción to meet with the students who will start taking classes in Spain in October or January. Since the start of the foundation in 2001, 13.5 thousand […]
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A classified U.S. diplomatic document written in June 2005 and released today by Wikileaks states that Brazilian diplomats are distrustful of Paraguay’s commitment to the fight against trafficking along their border, according to abc.com.py. Brazil is extremely devoted to securing their borders with Paraguay and the Triple Frontier between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil against drug, […]
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As Paraguayan journalist, Sandra López, awaits a verdict in court today for charges of defamation and slander against businesswoman and Baila conmigo contestant, Zuni Castiñeira, fellow journalists are holding a “silent” protest on the sixth floor, according to abc.com.py. About 30 journalists with tape in the shape of a cross over their mouths have joined […]
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A fatal accident between a Scania truck and a San Luis company bus early this morning resulted in the death of at least 16 people, according to abc.com.py. The accident took place at Route 2 near Pedrozo and Ypacaraí around 2 in the morning. The bus, headed to Asunción, was carrying 26 passengers. Read Article […]
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President Cristina Kirchner will not be traveling to Paraguay today for the Mercosur Summit per medical advice discouraging flying after she tripped and hit her head at an institute opening last Wednesday. According to lanacion.com.ar, the Presidential Medical Unit issued a statement saying the president will not be traveling as a precaution, but that she […]
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Brazilian federal police officers today seized 1.2 thousand kilos of marijuana, more than a ton, that had been brought into the country from Paraguay, according to abc.com.py. The drugs were transported in 2 cars on the Tabaí-Canoas road in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Investigators believe the shipment was destined for Canoas, Brazil. Read […]
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A special report from cuatro.com television in Spain invertigats the business of trafficking women for sex from Paraguay to Europe, per abc.com.py. The interviewers talk with prosecutors, members of the business who have been arrested, reveal details of the business and visit Alto Paraná, Paraguay, one of the most dangerous places in the world. The […]
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Two Brazilian migrants living in Paraguay were killed this morning near the town of Ponta Porá, Brazil, according to ultimahora.com. According to police, the brothers were riding a motorcycle 50 meters away from the border cities of Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay and Ponta Porá, Brazil when they were shot and killed by three people. One […]
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•Various studies state that over 2 million Colombians are living outside of Colombia against their will as refugees of violence, and there is even a day dedicated to refugees. •State policies of Latin American countries promise these refugees rights and protections, but they tend to arrives in areas already ridden with problems. •El Espectador’s article […]
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A Paraguayan man was killed early this morning outside a local dance club in Melchor Romero, La Plata, Buenos Aires, according to elcomercial.com.ar. The 30-year-old man had many head injuries caused by a blunt object, but no bullet or stab wounds. The club is located in a largely Paraguayan community. Family and witnesses will testify […]
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Police discovered yesterday that 4 Bulgarians arrested in Paraguay for having cloned credit cards were carrying false identification, according to abc.com.py. Officials from the Economic Crimes Police will be checking the identity of the 4 men with Interpol, in hopes that they will have accurate information. The men were in possession of about $350 million […]
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Old, broken and faulty traffic lights in the capital city of Asunción are the cause of accidents for hundreds of motorists, according to abc.com.py. Of the 180 traffic light intersections in the city, 56 of those are more than 30 years old. At some intersections the lights just don’t work, and it is left to […]
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The Argentine Naval Institution seized 242 kilos of marijuana at the end of last week from Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Misiones and arrested 7 people that were part of a drug trafficking network working out of Buenos Aires. According to abc.com.py, the network transported the drugs at the Triple Frontier from a supplier in Pedro […]
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A 22-year-old woman with dengue fever who underwent unnecessary surgery last May at the Regional Hospital of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay is being kept alive by mechanical respiration, according to diariovanguardia.com. She was misdiagnosed after being hospitalized with symptoms of Dengue and severe abdominal pain. The doctors who wrongly operated on her refused to disclose […]
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In an agreement made yesterday at a United Nations conference in Geneva, Paraguay accepted recommendations to review abortion laws and indigenous rights proposed during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in February, according to abc.com.py. During the most recent UPR, a basic examination of human rights issues that takes place every 4 years, it was suggested […]
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Of the 58 Brazilian Santos fans and 3 bus drivers arrested in Paraguay for theft, vandalism and battery after a soccer game last month, only 27 will be released and deported to Brazil at this time, according to abc.com.py. The decision made by the Paraguayan Directorate of Immigration this week states that the remaining 31 […]
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The couple was pulled over at the Villa Florida checkpoint by drug agents of the Federal Police Wednesday night, according to abc.com.py. Police discovered 111 bricks of marijuana, about 94 kilos worth (207 lbs), in their medium sized Mitsubishi truck. The drugs came from San Pedro de Ycuamanduju and were being transported to Encarnación. Read […]
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ElUniverso.com reports Ecuador offered to advise Paraguay on program for the disabled during a meeting in Quito, attended by the vice president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno. Mr. Moreno created a plan to care for disabled Ecuadorians, which includes genetic studies, medical assistance, and subsidies for those who care for the elderly. Moreno was meeting with […]
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Police led an operation today in Spain that broke up a human and drug trafficking network in Málaga and Fuengirola that was forcing illegal immigrants from Paraguay to become prostitutes to pay off their debt to the company for flying them to Spain. According to abc.com.py, the network was run by a Spanish man and […]
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A 13-year-old Paraguayan girl was attacked by children at her school while waiting at a bus stop in La Plata, Argentina, according to larazon.com.ar. The girl was surrounded by 5 students from her school, including a 14-year-old girl from her class, who pulled her hair, kicked and pushed her all while calling her a “dirty […]
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Operations in Santa Fe and Córdoba over the weekend led to the rescue of 13 women who had been forced into prostitution at whiskey bars in Isla Verde, Monte Maíz and Santo Tomé. Of the 13 women, 3 were from Paraguay, 4 from the Dominican Republic and the other 6 from Argentina, according to lanacion.com.py. […]
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Paraguay has received the necessary finances to begin planning the construction of a railway to transport soybeans from the mountains of Curupayty to the Missiones and Barranqueras ports in Argentina, near the Triple Border of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The South Korean government has agreed to help the Paraguayan Railroad company with a study to […]
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Paraguay will invest 40 million dollars to modernize their armed forces as announced this week by Defense Minister, Cecillo Pérez Bordon. The money will buy new weapons, aircraft, machinery, equipment and construction and engineering work. The Navy will be getting ships, patrol boats, transport planes and a new radar system. Details of the investment were […]
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Police arrested the 61 Brazilian Santos fans and their bus drivers after a semifinals soccer game of the Copa Libertadores against Paraguayan team Cerro Porteño yesterday. On their way home to Brazil after the tie game, the fans attacked local fast food joints in San Lorenzo, outside Asunción, with firecrackers, sticks and stones, damaged equipment […]
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The cocaine was seized during a surprise raid today by police and anti-narcotics prosecutors at Puerto Fenix in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay. According to neike.com.py, the shipment came from an area near Ciudad del Este, Bolivia and was probably heading to Mozambique, Africa. The man caught carrying the shipment was Ángel Tomás Aguayo Saldívar. Read […]
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The indigenous Guaraní culture in Paraguay is kept alive today through music.
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A network that provides documentation for Chinese and Arab citizens on the Triple Border of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil is under investigation by the Antiterrorism Police. The investigation focuses on a series of seemingly fraudulent transactions starting in 2009 that relates to providing documentation to Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Pakistani citizens. Interpol of Asunción […]
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With more that 2 million women subjected to sexual slavery, it has become the third most profitable illegal business behind drugs and arms trafficking. In Focus has created a documentary centered on the “Triple Frontier.” This tri-border between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil is one of the most prominent for the sex slave industry because of […]
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It is my second attempt to reach Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, home to a staggering array of flora and fauna. Years ago, I skipped a night bus to Campo Grande, the region’s capital, in order to spend more time exploring the waterfalls down south in Iguazu. The bus, I later found out, had […]
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Paraguayan Virgin Sold for 400 Euros The story of the young girl sold to a Spanish man and those of other sex slaves from Paraguay are retold in a report, “Sex Slaves in Spain: Trafficking of Paraguayan women and girls” published in Madrid by Apramp (Asociación para la Prevención, Reinserción y Atención a la Mujer […]
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There are elements to position Paraguay European tourism, as stated by Juan Alberto Martín Mora, deputy director of alliances airline Iberia, Spain, under the Technical Seminar on Investment in tourism, which ended yesterday at the Sheraton Asuncion Hotel. Currently, the total number of tourists visiting our country, 465,264 people a year, according to the National […]
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“Soy destroys people’s lives,” she says. “It is a poison. It is no way to live. Soy is deadly to us”. Sitting outside her painted green shack in rural Paraguay, the mother of eight describes the day in January 2003 when her 11-year-old son Silvino Talavera came home from cycling to the shops. Read Article
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Brazil (Rio de Janeiro state). 22 Apr 2011. According to data released by the Rio de Janeiro state Secretariat of Health from 2 Jan – 16 Apr [2011], 56 882 suspected dengue cases have been registered. In addition, 39 [dengue] deaths were confirmed. Currently, there are 18 municipalities in an epidemic situation in Rio [state]. […]
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The president of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, decreed a 10% increase in the minimum wage, which will reach $ 414. Read Article
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Paraguay’s public hospitals indefinitely suspended surgeries to give priority attention to the more than 13,000 patients with dengue, which has caused 18 deaths this year, formally announced Wednesday. “From Thursday there will be no surgeries because all beds available in hospitals are available for dengue patients,” confirmed Edgar Gimenez, Vice Minister of Health. Read Article
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A Paraguayan-registered plane carrying 180 kilos of cocaine and 291 kilos of marijuana was seized in a raid by agents of the Brazilian Federal Police at the airport in the town of Lucelia, located west of the state of Sao Paulo. The aircraft departed from the city of Pedro Juan Caballero. Read Article
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