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ASUNCION, Paraguay, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Paraguay's low-key declaration of an emergency over cattle disease outbreaks is keeping officials busy as President Fernando Lugo battles against many odds to save the economy and salvage the landlocked nation's meat export trade.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Landlocked Paraguay pushed its demand for better terms of economic collaboration and trade with its Mercosur partners, increasingly a sore point because of what Paraguayans see as unfair treatment by Argentina and Brazil.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Mercosur trade bloc is planning to fast-track Venezuela's accession as a full member as regional leaders push forward plans to strengthen the organization.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Paraguay is considering a substantial build-up of its security apparatus as the threat from Ejercito del Pueblo guerrilla group sweeps through Concepcion and San Pedro departments northeast of the capital Asuncion.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Paraguay faces a worsening crisis in its fragile agriculture and livestock sector as mounting losses from a foot and mouth disease outbreak threaten to decimate exports and make thousands jobless.
BUENOS AIRES, July 12 (UPI) -- Argentine demand for more lucrative terms are threatening to scuttle landlocked Paraguay's power sales to Uruguay, a significant source of revenue for the impoverished government in Asuncion.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Paraguayans are worried 10 years of relative political and economic stability may come to an end as uncertainty grows over the health of President Fernando Lugo.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has fired three of his top military commanders, the third such shake-up in his two years in office.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Paraguay is celebrating a record economic growth on the back of its soy exports but remains exposed to domestic and international pressures to consolidate a more secure future.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, June 29 (UPI) -- Paraguay expects to reverse last year's economic contraction with a growth in excess of 4 percent in 2010, the government said Tuesday amid public celebration of an end of drought and a record harvest of soy.
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