Paraguay

The left-wing group Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) released wealthy rancher Fidel Zavala on January 17, after holding him captive for more than 90 days. The news comes after... 2010-02-04

Paraguay suffered a total blackout on November 10, after the Itaipu dam, which provides 90% of the country's electricity, shut down completely during a severe storm. The outage comes... 2009-12-01

The Paraguayan senate has approved by a substantial majority the re-negotiated agreement with Brazil over surplus energy from Itaipú, the world's largest hydroelectric dam by output.... 2009-11-03

In mid-September President Fernando Lugo revoked plans to allow US troops to hold a number of joint military and humanitarian exercises - under the so-called 'New Horizons' programme... 2009-10-07

BMI View: Paraguay has been hit hard by the global downturn, which has coincided with a debilitating drought. Although the economy will contract pretty sharply in 2009, the prospects... 2009-10-07

Paraguayan Foreign Affairs minister Hector Lacognata has stated his concern over the regional security situation. Lacognata said that Paraguay will propose that the issue of US forces... 2009-09-08

According to the Paraguayan 2010 budget proposal, consumer price inflation will reach 5.0% y-o-y by end-2010, and real GDP growth will rebound to 3.0% from an expected 2.8% contraction... 2009-09-08