Paraguay

Area Total 406,752 sq km
Climate subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
Natural Resources hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone
Imports $11.35 billion (2017 est.) partners: China 31.3%, Brazil 23.4%, Argentina 12.9%, US 7.4% (2017)
Exports $11.73 billion (2017 est.) partners: Brazil 31.9%, Argentina 15.9%, Chile 6.9%, Russia 5.9% (2017)
Government presidential republic
Capital Asuncion
Population 7 million (July 2018 est.)
Ethnicity mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%
Language Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German and other indigenous languages) 4.1%, no response 4% (2012 est.)

News about Paraguay

  • Japanese PM discusses Mercosur FTA with Paraguay's President
    on May 4, 2024

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Friday in Asunción to strengthen bilateral ties as well as to further discuss a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Peña, who holds the group's rotating presidency, expressed in a statement his “fervent desire” to “move forward with a […]

  • JetSmart: Fate of Argentine national claiming to carry a bomb yet to be decided
    on April 29, 2024

    Paraguayan Prosecutors were still wondering Monday which course of action to take against the Argentine national who was arrested on Sunday when he claimed there was an explosive device in his luggage as he boarded a JetSmart flight bound for Buenos Aires.

  • Four Paraguayan prison inmates dead in rival gang clash
    on April 25, 2024

    Clashes between inmates belonging to the autochthonous Rotela Clan and Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC) left four of them dead and three others wounded Wednesday at the Regional Penitentiary in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Paraguayan department of Amambay. A team of the National Police's Special Operations Group (GEO) and the riot squad were deployed to […]

  • First shipment of Paraguayan mosquito repellent sent to Argentina
    on April 18, 2024

    Paraguayan producers Wednesday dispatched the first shipment of mosquito repellent to Argentine, where President Javier Milei's administration opened up the borders to import this product in a move to curb black-market-like prices given the high demand stemming from the onset of a dengue fever outbreak.

  • Business forum in Bariloche to be attended by Presidents of Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay
    on April 17, 2024

    Presidents Javier Milei of Argentina, Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay, and Santiago Peña of Paraguay are expected to be the three most important participants of the so-called Llao Llao Forum starting Wednesday in the Patagonian resort of Bariloche in the Argentine province of Río Negro.

  • Presidents Peña and Lacalle Pou fly together to Uruguay
    on April 12, 2024

    After attending a South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) event in Luque on Thursday, Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña flew to Uruguay for further engagements.

  • Presidents Lacalle Pou and Peña attend Conmebol dinner in Asunción
    on April 11, 2024

    Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay Wednesday attended a dinner hosted by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) at the historic building of the Port of Asunción. Also participating in the event was Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino.

  • The rule on Paraguay's fresh beef exports to US held by Congress
    on April 8, 2024

    The United States Senate last week passed a resolution overturning the US Department of Agriculture rule allowing Paraguayan fresh beef imports. The next step in the process in the House of Representatives where the show of bipartisan consensus is expected to be repeated, reported the US Beef Newsletter.

  • Paraguay not unwilling to pay Waterway toll, FM says
    on April 3, 2024

    Paraguayan Foreign Ministry Rubén Ramírez Lescano told Congress Wednesday in Asunción that the government of President Santiago Peña was not against barges sailing through the Paraná Waterway paying toll provided there was a service in return.

  • Paraguay records highest economic growth in the region in 2023
    on April 1, 2024

    Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) issued a report last week announcing that the country had recorded the highest regional growth in the last quarter of 2023, with a positive rate of 4.9%.

RSS News Sources: Merco Press | The Independent
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