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🇵🇾 Paraguay president-elect arrives in Taiwan pledging closer ties
Paraguay's president-elect, Santiago Pena, arrived in Taiwan, accompanied by his economic team. During his visit, Pena will meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President William Lai.
Pena himself is set to take office on Aug. 15.
🗣 "I want to spend the next five years bringing us together. We are close, but I think that in this moment we need to be closer, we need to be together," Pena said.
Paraguay is the last South American country with formal relations with Taiwan.
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Paraguay's president-elect, Santiago Pena, arrived in Taiwan, accompanied by his economic team. During his visit, Pena will meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President William Lai.
Pena himself is set to take office on Aug. 15.
Paraguay is the last South American country with formal relations with Taiwan.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇾China issues rebuke to U.S., Taiwan over vice president's New York 'stopover
Beijing has rebuked Taiwanese Vice President William Lai as a "troublemaker" over his visit to the United States on his way to Paraguay and accused his administration of using the trip to "solicit" U.S. support for independence.
🗣 "China deplores and strongly condemns the U.S. decision to arrange the so-called stopover for Lai Ching-te. Lai clings stubbornly to the separatist position for 'Taiwan independence'. He is a troublemaker through and through," China's foreign ministry spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that China "firmly opposes any form of official interaction" between the United States and Taiwan.
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Beijing has rebuked Taiwanese Vice President William Lai as a "troublemaker" over his visit to the United States on his way to Paraguay and accused his administration of using the trip to "solicit" U.S. support for independence.
The spokesperson added that China "firmly opposes any form of official interaction" between the United States and Taiwan.
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🇺🇸🇹🇼🇵🇾 Taiwan vice president stops over in New York on way to Paraguay
Taiwan Vice President William Lai arrived in New York on Saturday.
Lai, the front-runner to become Taiwan's president in elections in January, is officially making only transit stops…
Taiwan Vice President William Lai arrived in New York on Saturday.
Lai, the front-runner to become Taiwan's president in elections in January, is officially making only transit stops…
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🇵🇾🇹🇼 New Paraguay president stresses South American country’s ties with Taiwan
President Santiago Peña said Paraguay and Taiwan are “not just allies, but also brothers” when he was sworn in as the South American country’s new president.
Peña took the presidential oath outside the government palace in the capital of Asunción in a ceremony attended by several regional leaders and Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai.
“We will build alliances and cooperation with a geostrategic vision, seeking horizontal agreements,” Peña said, noting that the country’s relationship with Taiwan “is an example of this.”
Taiwan had become a thorny issue during Paraguay’s presidential campaign as Peña’s main challenger argued the alliance had become too costly because it prevented the small country from pursuing business opportunities with China.
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President Santiago Peña said Paraguay and Taiwan are “not just allies, but also brothers” when he was sworn in as the South American country’s new president.
Peña took the presidential oath outside the government palace in the capital of Asunción in a ceremony attended by several regional leaders and Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai.
“We will build alliances and cooperation with a geostrategic vision, seeking horizontal agreements,” Peña said, noting that the country’s relationship with Taiwan “is an example of this.”
Taiwan had become a thorny issue during Paraguay’s presidential campaign as Peña’s main challenger argued the alliance had become too costly because it prevented the small country from pursuing business opportunities with China.
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🇵🇾Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet
Authorities in Paraguay announced Tuesday the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history, after officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium.
President Santiago Peña told journalists that the record discovery, code-named “Operation Sweetness,” added to a string of “very sad episodes” in Paraguay that had transformed the strategically located nation into a key drug trafficking hub in the region.
Peña expressed hope that the seizure, valued at roughly $240 million, would disrupt the cocaine trade and said police were pursuing those responsible.
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Authorities in Paraguay announced Tuesday the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history, after officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium.
President Santiago Peña told journalists that the record discovery, code-named “Operation Sweetness,” added to a string of “very sad episodes” in Paraguay that had transformed the strategically located nation into a key drug trafficking hub in the region.
Peña expressed hope that the seizure, valued at roughly $240 million, would disrupt the cocaine trade and said police were pursuing those responsible.
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🇵🇾 Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker
A pre-dawn police raid targeting the home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven near the country’s border with Brazil turned into a chaotic shootout on Monday, authorities said, leaving the lawmaker dead.
Security forces equipped with firearms and search warrants arrived simultaneously at the separate homes of Eulalio “Lalo” Gomes, a 67-year-old rancher and lawmaker from Paraguay’s long-ruling Colorado party, and his son early Monday in the lush borderland to look for evidence in what authorities described as a wide-scale investigation into drug smuggling and money laundering in local real estate.
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A pre-dawn police raid targeting the home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven near the country’s border with Brazil turned into a chaotic shootout on Monday, authorities said, leaving the lawmaker dead.
Security forces equipped with firearms and search warrants arrived simultaneously at the separate homes of Eulalio “Lalo” Gomes, a 67-year-old rancher and lawmaker from Paraguay’s long-ruling Colorado party, and his son early Monday in the lush borderland to look for evidence in what authorities described as a wide-scale investigation into drug smuggling and money laundering in local real estate.
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