Paraguay

Full-year real GDP growth for Paraguay in 2010 came in at a massive 14.5% year-on-year (y-o-y), above our already-bullish estimate of 9.5%.

The re-emergence of left-wing guerrilla group Ejercito del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) bodes ill for political stability in Paraguay, particularly as President Fernando Lugo already holds... 2011-01-20

Inflation in Paraguay increased significantly in October to 5.2% y-o-y, from 3.8% y-o-y in September, representing a 2.2% month-on-month rise.

Paraguay's already shaky political profile has taken another hit this week as President Fernando Lugo's party (Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico) suffered significant losses in municipal... 2010-11-09

President Fernando Lugo has ousted the military's top leaders for the fourth time since taking office in 2008. The last shakeup, in November 2009, came after rumours of a potential... 2010-09-29

BMI View: Paraguay's public accounts are in robust health, with rising revenues and fast moderating expenditure growth likely to widen the central government surplus to 0.6% of GDP... 2010-09-20

Paraguayan police have killed Severiano Martinez, the leader of a rebel group, in a clash in the northern Chaco region near the country's border with Bolivia. Martinez, the leader of... 2010-09-02

BMI View: With Paraguay's economy recovering strongly on the back of this year's bumper soy harvest, fiscal revenues are rebounding well, rising an average of 13.5% year-on-year... 2010-09-02

In a sign of the Paraguayan government's efforts at boosting the country's regional profile, on July 23 Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata announced that President Fernando Lugo had... 2010-07-28

The disinflationary trend in Paraguay continued unabated in June according to latest data from the Banco Central del Paraguay, with consumer price inflation falling to 4.3% y-o-y, down... 2010-07-28