Masivas protestas antigubernamentales en #Paraguay

– El día 05 de marzo de 2021, masivas protestas antigubernamentales tomaron las calles para protestar contra el gobierno conservador de derecha de Paraguay, con las mismas protestas, ahora, descendiendo a disturbios masivos en la capital de la nación sudamericana, la ciudad. de Asunción. Las protestas ocurren debido a la corrupción en el gobierno, como…

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In #Paraguay On Thursday, territorial movements, social and local political leaders demonstrated against the growing US military presence in the region, recovery of sovereignty of the Paraná Paraguay trunk road and for the construction of the Magdalena Canal

#Paraguay's president, Mario Abdo Benítez, appointed new commanders of the Armed Forces, Army and Navy, in the last year of his mandate, which will end in August 2023.

One of those relieved is the commander of the Navy, Admiral Carlos Velázquez.

The senior officer is brother of the country's vice president, Hugo Velázquez, and will be replaced by Vice Admiral Juan Ramón Velázquez Fretes, appointed interim commander of the Navy.

General Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo was appointed head of the Military Forces, a position until now held by Air Force General Eladio González Aguilar.

Division General César Augusto Moreno was appointed interim commander of the Paraguayan Army, replacing Cardozo.

The changes reached another 27 officers who occupy different positions in the three forces.

Among the new appointments, Colonel Carlos Bazán Barrios stands out as interim defense attaché at the Embassy of Paraguay in the United States and head of the Paraguayan delegation to the Inter-American Defense Board.

New Commander of the Armed Forces of #Paraguay, Army General Oscar Arnaldo Cardozo González replaces Air General Eladio Casimiro González Aguilar.

Naval exercise Acrux X: #Uruguay, #Brazil and #Argentina and observers from #Paraguay and #Bolivia, in the river region of Uruguayan department of Río Negro, raised training levels against terrorist threats and organized crime

The #Argentine Foreign Ministry asked #Paraguay for explanations about an agreement that the government of Mario Abdo Benítez is carrying out with the South Atlantic Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to establish themselves in the Waterway of the rivers Paraguay-Parana.

Paraguay is working on a program that includes the private sector in its country to carry out joint work to improve the navigability of this strategic watercourse.

Sources close to the foreign minister, Santiago Cafiero, acknowledged not only the existence of a request for explanations from the ministry led by his counterpart Julio César Arriola, but also that the neighboring government responded that it is a "cooperation with US specialists." on the subject of rivers, and “not military cooperation, much less the military presence of foreign troops on the Paraguay River,” reported the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín.

We all know that one of the excuses that the United States uses to disembark in the countries, if it is not humanitarian aid, is the fight against drug trafficking,” Chaco deputy Juan Manuel Pedrini said this week in this regard.

#Paraguay Govt confirm the death in combat of Paraguayan People's Army guerrilla leader

Osvaldo Villalba, considered one of the leaders of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) guerrilla group, and two other alleged members died this Sunday in combat with members of the Joint Task Force (FTC) in the department of Amambay, in the northeast of Paraguay, reports EFE.

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez confirmed the death of "one of the heads" of the EPP, as well as Luciano Argüello and a third person not yet identified. Benítez stressed that the authorities obtained this information thanks to more than a year of intelligence work.