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8 minute read Reporters demonstrate outside the Paraguayan Labor Ministry demanding higher salaries, greater job security and improved safety conditions on National Journalists’ Day in Asunción, 26 April 2017, NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images On 5 May, Paraguay will be evaluated within the third cycle of the UPR. IFEX member in Paraguay SPP and the IFEX-ALC network have proposed recommendations regarding freedom of expression in the country. Hear what Santiago Ortiz, José María Costa, Dante Leguizamón, and Flavia Borja have to say about the progress to date, and the pote...

15 Min Read RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Travel across Brazil and you’ll spot signs almost everywhere for BR Distribuidora, the owner of South America’s largest gas station chain. The familiar green-and-yellow logo of the company, formerly a unit of state oil giant Petrobras, is a fixture in big cities and hamlets alike. A worker of National Petroleum Agency ANP, makes a procedure to check fuel quality at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares Less well-known is BR’s effort to purge its retail network of alleged crooks. In 2019, the company booted h...

Drug smugglers are a creative lot when it comes to hiding their product, but in this case, customs authorities in Germany and Belgium weren't fooled.

More than 23 tonnes of the drug was discovered in two raids on shipments heading to the Netherlands.

A riot sparked by gang members left six prisoners dead in Paraguay on Tuesday At least three of the inmates were found decapitated after order was restored As many as 18 guards, including eight on-duty, were held hostage at the Tacumbu National Penitentiary The incident was attributed to infighting among members of the Rotela Clan after officials discovered an escape plot involving their leader, Armando Rotela Jail officials also learned that a prisoner identified as Orlando Benítez, who in January 2020 was sentenced to 19 years, was part of the failed plot