Paraguay's Ministry of Justice has eliminated cash in the prisons of Emboscada and Minga Guazú, replacing it with electronic wallets activated by fingerprint reading. The measure aims to curb bribery, coercion, and organized crime control within prisons, with real-time monitoring and deposit limits.
Minga Guazú
Localidad paraguaya donde se ubica el Parque Industrial Taiwán-Paraguay.
The Superior Electoral Court (TSJE) of Paraguay reaffirmed that internal party elections will take place on June 7, according to the original calendar. Despite requests for review, the court is willing to hold up to two days of technical clarifications on the voting machines, which already underwent an audit in February with participation from parties and international observers.
Don Bosco School in Minga Guazú suspended classes after a note with a shooting threat was found in a bathroom. The preventive measure was taken in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC), while investigations determine the authorship, allegedly by a minor student.
The business delegation that accompanied President Santiago Peña to Taiwan returned with concrete agreements to open the Taiwanese market to Paraguayan chicken meat, sell carbon credits, and set up bus and solar panel factories in Paraguay.