Paraguay

Paraguayan Finance Minister Manual Ferreira has asked the IMF to examine whether or not the country has paid a US$10bn historic debt to Brazil for the construction of the Itaipú... 2013-05-03

Paraguay's central bank has recently released a 2013 projection, forecasting 13.0% real GDP growth this year. After contracting by 1.2% in 2012 on the back of both a severe drought... 2013-05-03

Horacio Cartes of the Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) won the April 21 Paraguayan presidential election with 45.8% of the vote and ambitious goals... 2013-04-22

A last minute alliance between the Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA) and the Union Nacional de Ciudadanos Eticos (UNACE) has the potential to shake-up Paraguay's April... 2013-04-05

Paraguay's foreign currency reserves have increased dramatically in recent months, after ending 2012 at US$4.6bn. Reserves jumped 5.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January and 10.0% y-o-y... 2013-04-05

Recently released data show that presidential candidate Horacio Cartes, of the opposition Colorados party, continues to enjoy the support of a plurality of the Paraguayan electorate,... 2013-03-19

Paraguay reported that consumer price inflation came in at 4.0% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December, up from 3.2% (y-o-y) in November and close to our end 2-012 estimate of 4.5%. We expect... 2013-02-28