Triumph Ride To Paraguay’s Nueva Londres Caps Off British Week 2025 With A Roar

With the imprressive Triump Ride on the last day of British Week 2025, the exciting days of festivities organised by the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Paraguay came to an end on Saturday 13 September. Several events were held to foster...

Exploring Encarnación: Riverfront Charm And Cross-Border Convenience In Paraguay

Tucked into Paraguay’s southern border, Encarnación sits quietly on the banks of the Paraná River. Far from the bustle of Asunción, the nation’s capital, yet increasingly on the radar of newcomers seeking affordability, charm, and a slower pace of...

‘Paraguay’s Forestry Sector Shows 15% Annual Growth, Reaching 300,000 Hectares’

Paraguay’s forestry sector is experiencing significant growth, with plantations now covering approximately 300,000 hectares and expanding by 50,000 hectares annually, a 15% increase. This is what Cristina Goralewski, president of the National...

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing marks 102nd WRC victory with 1-2 finish at Rally del Paraguay

Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais display their trophies. ASUNCIÓN, Sept 13: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) delivered a commanding one-two finish on the FIA World Rally Championship’s (WRC) debut in Rally del Paraguay, led by...

How Paraguay Is Divided: Understanding Its Geopolitical Regions

Paraguay, a landlocked country in the heart of South America, holds a unique geopolitical identity. Although it may appear small in comparison with its neighbours, the country is divided in a way that reflects its historical, environmental, and...

EU dairy association welcomes South American trade agreement

For the European Dairy Association (EDA), adoption of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) demonstrates the commitment of members of both trading blocs to free, fair, and sustainable trade. As a result of the agreement, access to each...

Paraguay’s Ueno Bank moves to post-quantum security, backed by quantum-resistant hybrid blockchain

Ueno Bank is anchoring its new post-quantum document security on QANplatform, a quantum-resistant layer-1 hybrid blockchain that provides mathematically provable, immutable timestamps and NIST-aligned signatures. Banks, insurers and public...

More African nations are receiving third-country immigrants deported by US. Here's what to know

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New Paraguay, Belize ambassadors present credentials to President Lai

Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) Paraguay's Darío Filártiga Ruiz Díaz and Belize's Katherine Meighan presented their credentials as the nations' new incoming ambassadors to Taiwan to President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) at the Presidential Office on Friday....

Paraguay Business Week 2025 Launched In Ciudad del Este

Paraguay Business Week 2025, the country’s most significant business event, commenced on 8 September at the Gran Nobile Hotel and Convention in Ciudad del Este. The strategic business week combines three key events: the Alto Paraná Invest Forum...

HIVE Digital Technologies Completes Phase 2 of Its Yguazú Project in Paraguay Reaching 18 EH/s, Producing 8 Bitcoin per Day from Hydro Power

HIVE Digital Technologies Completes Phase 2 of Its Yguazú Project in Paraguay Reaching 18 EH/s, Producing 8 Bitcoin per Day from Hydro Power Vancouver, BC, September 10, 2025--(T-Net)--HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. (TSX.V: HIVE) (Nasdaq: HIVE)...

Nature-Based Solutions: Restoring Forests to Combat Climate Change

Nature-based solutions (NbS) like forest restoration are powerful, cost-effective strategies to combat climate change. These vital ecosystems sequester carbon and provide long-term benefits for biodiversity and local communities, making them...

Endangered Macaws Saved, While Blue Macaw Perla Returns To The Wild

A joint operation by Paraguay’s Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (Mades), the National Police, and the Public Ministry has rescued several endangered macaws. The operation targeted the illegal wildlife trade. Among the...

Norman Andrew Schuele, III

Norman Andrew Schuele, III, known as ‘Sandy, of Scituate, MA, passed away on August 11, 2025 in hospice care, due to complications of lymphoma. He was born August 18, 1949, in White Plains, NY. His childhood upbringing was in Princeton, NJ, and is...

The vital role of soil diversity for sustainable agriculture

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The smell of wet earth is unmistakable and evokes something in all human beings. But why do we like that smell so much? Probably because it’s more than...

Paraguay’s Forestry Industry Aims For US$5 Billion Annual Revenue

Paraguay’s forestry industry could become the country’s main economic driver within the next decade, surpassing both livestock farming and agriculture, with estimated annual revenues between US$3 billion and US$5 billion. This prediction comes...

A Todo Pulmón, With All Our Lungs: Over 15 Years Of Breathing Life Into Paraguay’s Future

Fifteen years ago, a dream took root in Paraguay. A dream that would grow into a nationwide movement of hope and environmental renewal. A Todo Pulmón Paraguay Respira, which translates as “With All Our Lungs, Paraguay Breathes,” was founded in...

Why Building This Way? A reflection On Paraguayan Architecture

Architecture, beyond materials and blueprints, is a form of communication. Through its walls and roofs, a culture is expressed, a way of living, of sharing with family and friends, and of enjoying intimate spaces. For this reason, buildings must...

Paraguay’s Superstitions: Ancient Rituals Shaping Daily Life

Deep-rooted beliefs still play a significant role across the country today, influencing life in both rural and urban areas. Paraguay’s superstitions guide how people interpret signs from nature and everyday moments to predict luck, avoid bad...

Study: Politicians Undestimate Public Support for Climate Action & Must Be ‘Braver’

4 Mins Read Policymakers vastly underestimate people’s willingness to contribute to the fight against climate change, which can explain their inaction on the crisis, University of Oxford scientists say. Last year, a global poll of 130,000...