Yacyretá: Construction resumes at Aña Cuá arm
Paraguay and Argentina officially restarted construction Thursday on the Aña Cuá arm of the Yacyretá-Apipe hydroelectric dam, ending a two-year paralysis caused by financial disputes. Source link
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Argentina to lift all currency exchange restrictions “soon”
While Argentina’s Central Bank (BCRA) announced the “imminent” removal of all remaining controls on foreign exchange transactions, the South American country’s National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) is about...
Paraguay launches Operation Guaraní Shield against transnational criminal groups
Paraguayan authorities activated this week the first phase of a massive deployment of its Armed Forces along its borders with Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia, launching Operation “Guarani Shield” to contain...
Argentina: Indec says inflation in October climbs 2.3%
Argentina’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.3% in October, accelerating from the 2.1% recorded in September, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported Wednesday. The new data...
Over 64,000 new formal jobs created in Paraguay this year
Formal employment in Paraguay has reached a new historic record, with the country adding nearly 64,000 new formal jobs so far in 2025, according to the Ministry of Labor, Employment...
California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee
California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change...
Italy: Prosecutors launch probe into “human safari” allegations
The Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into claims that wealthy Italian citizens paid fees to act as “weekend snipers,” targeting and shooting civilians besieged in Sarajevo during...
After violent storms, Brazil faces ongoing cyclone threat — severe...
Following a powerful extratropical cyclone that swept across south-central Brazil last week —bringing heavy storms and a tornado that devastated parts of Paraná and Santa Catarina— meteorologists are warning that...
UNICEF report on hardships facing Argentine households released
Three out of every ten households with children and adolescents in Argentina are unable to cover their monthly expenses, according to the ninth “Rapid Survey” conducted by the United Nations...
Trump pardons Lewis in insider trading case
British billionaire Joe Lewis, who has significant business interests in Argentine Patagonia and other parts of South America, has been granted an official pardon by US President Donald Trump, it...
