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The presidents of both countries visited the site of the project that will make up the so-called Bioceanic Route.

BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - The second bridge between Brazil and Paraguay called Integration Bridge should be finished by November of this year. On Wednesday (Aug. 31), the presidents of both countries Jair Bolsonaro and Mário Abdo Benítez visited the construction site in Foz do Iguaçu, in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Benítez walked across the new bridge to the Brazilian side, Agencia Brasil reports.

The presidents of both countries visited on Wednesday the works that will make up the so-called Bioceanic Route.

The Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez has spectacularly scuppered a much-vaunted bill that would have legalized and regulated crypto mining in the Latin American country.

On Thursday, it said it will continue to cooperate with the government of the South American country.

On Thursday, it said it will continue to cooperate with the government of the South American country.

Paraguays ruling Fuerza Republicana faction from within the Colorado Party has chosen Public Works Minister and former evangelical Pastor Arnoldo Wiens as the future presidential candidate following Vice President Hugo Velázquezs announcement that he would resign his current job and back down from the 2023 electoral race.

Hugo Velázquez will also drop out of the presidential pre-candidacy after the U.S. State Department accused him of involvement in corruption.

Hugo Velázquez Moreno said he will resign next week as vice president of Paraguay after being included on a U.S. corruption list for alleged involvement in offering bribes to a public official.