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2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Paraguay's Finance Minister Benigno Lopez Benitez talks to Reuters, in Asuncion, Paraguay July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay’s Finance Minister Benigno López will step down from his ministry position in the next few days to take a senior role at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a government source told Reuters on Thursday. The regional lender has picked Lopez as vice president for sectors and knowledge, according to a note seen by Reuters, which would involve a three-year term starting in mid-October. The government source sai...

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay signed a contract with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to purchase the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay signed a contract with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to purchase the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the South American country’s health minister said on Thursday. It was the first announcement of a bilateral agreement under Paraguay’s coronavirus immunization plan. Neighboring Argentina is also using the Russian vaccine. Scientists gave Russia�...

2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay is negotiating with five foreign pharmaceutical companies to acquire up to 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021, Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni said on Friday, to supplement those it has already locked in under the COVAX system. Mazzoleni said the country of nearly 7 million is expecting more than 4 million doses in May or June through the World Health Organiz...

2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Paraguay's Finance Minister Benigno Lopez Benitez talks to Reuters, in Asuncion, Paraguay July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay’s Finance Minister Benigno López will step down from his ministry position in the next few days to take a senior role at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a government source told Reuters on Thursday. The regional lender has picked Lopez as vice president for sectors and knowledge, according to a note seen by Reuters, which would involve a three-year term starting in mid-October. The government source sai...