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    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Paraguay calls for Taiwan to invest $1bn to remain allies

      Mario Abdo Benítez says citizens need to ‘feel the real benefits’ to avert diplomatic switch to China

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      US move deepens worries over organised crime in Paraguay

      Sanctions on top politicians seen as message that Asunción must clean up public life

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Booming cocaine trade now stains most of Latin America

      Drug violence reaches well beyond Mexico and Colombia into region’s quieter corners

    • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
      Protesters take to Paraguay’s streets as Covid cases climb

      Failure of health system to cope with surge in infections has exacerbated longstanding inequality

    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
      Benedict Mander
      Paraguay’s Mennonites struggle with an influx of new neighbours

      The Anabaptist group’s remarkable economic success has drawn others looking for a better life

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Infrastructure shortfall blunts Paraguay capital Asunción’s modernity drive

      Persistent growing pains affect Asunceños of all classes

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Horacio Cartes has eye on smoking out Paraguay’s business potential

      Controversial cigarette tycoon and ex-president still wields influence

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Paraguay’s President Abdo must confront legacy of dictator Stroessner

      Determination over Itaipú dam treaty talks would banish old political demons

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Agriculture quality vies with quantity in Paraguay cattle ranching

      Government urges move to upmarket beef as land use is challenged

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Paraguay’s ruling party needs to reinvent itself for new generation

      Governing Colorados do not equate to monolithic state but are dominated by ageing cadre

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special Report
      Investing in Paraguay

      In recent years, landlocked Paraguay has developed into South America’s star economy, with growth rates that are the envy of the region. We assess its business, political, diplomatic and social prospects and, not least, its pending and sensitive renegotiation with neighbouring Brazil of the treaty concerning the huge Itaipú dam

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Former foreign policy maverick Paraguay emerges from obscurity

      Once cut off from the world, Asunción is pursuing new diplomatic paths

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Paraguay’s strong economic growth drives away shadows of history

      Future success will depend on economy’s further diversification

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Jesuit mission in Paraguay left legacy of living happily

      Hidden paradise blossomed for 150 years until settlements overrun by plunderers

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Guaraní language is both Paraguay’s secret weapon and its glue

      Widely spoken indigenous vernacular has problems around official adoption and online presence

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Paraguay’s Ayoreo people struggle to counter Chaco deforestation

      Legislation has improved but signs of progress are thin on ground

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez airs his democratic credentials

      Leader tells FT that correcting ‘institutional weakness’ is central to his agenda

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      South America’s star economy Paraguay joins sovereign debt party

      Asunción aims to deepen capital markets and test public-private partnerships

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Ciudad del Este: Paraguay’s gritty frontier city takes industrial path

      Buccaneering centre for business on Brazil border provides haven for outside investors

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Paraguay’s big rivers shape its progress as a shipping dynamo

      The lack of a coast boosts development of national waterways

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Itaipú dam talks with Brazil set to vent Paraguay’s pent-up energy

      Treaty renegotiations aim for a far better deal than in 1973

    • Friday, 30 November, 2018
      FT SeriesMiami Art Week 2018
      Life lines: textile works by the late Feliciano Centurión

      The Paraguay-born artist’s work will be shown in depth at a major fair for the first time

    • Friday, 14 September, 2018
      Travel
      Paraguay: a road trip way off the Gringo Trail

      On a journey taking in 18th-century missions, remote cattle ranches and wildlife-rich wilderness, Nick Middleton finds a beguiling destination ripe for rediscovery

    • Friday, 20 July, 2018
      Health
      FT Health: Drug resistance, pandemics and the vaccination gap

      New report reveals that fewer than 100 countries have a plan in place to stop overuse of antibiotics

    • Monday, 23 April, 2018
      World
      Paraguay’s new president to continue business-friendly policies

      Mario Abdo Benitez’s father was key aide to former dictator Alfredo Stroessner

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