Tag: Marc Ostfield

• Friday, August 9th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

  Paraguay urges US to speed up Ambassador's departure

  

  The Paraguayan Government Thursday asked the United States to speed up the departure from Asunción of Ambassador Marc Ostfield after the diplomat spoke in favor of the sanctions applied by the OFAC to the tobacco company Tabesa, linked to former President Horacio Cartes, the mentor of the incumbent Santiago Peña.

• Friday, March 15th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

  Paraguay: US Ambassador warns against “coercive sectional interests”

  

  US Ambassador to Asunción Marc Ostfield Thursday urged the Paraguayan Police, the Attorney General's Office, and the Judiciary to be strong against the “influence of coercive sectional interests.” During his speech before President Santiago Peña at the Police Academy graduation ceremony, he also reiterated his country's support in the fight against corruption, organized crime, and impunity.

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Paraguayan exports grow 24% driven by agriculture

  

  In the first eleven months of 2023, Paraguayan exports amounted to US$ 15.8787 billion, which represented a 24% interannual growth, it was reported in Asunción. The improvement was significantly explained by higher shipments of soybeans, rice, and soybean meal, which accounted for 69.3% of the sales abroad, reaching US$ 11,001.6 million, a 19.1% increase from November 2022.

• Friday, November 10th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  US market reopened for Paraguayan beef

  

  The United States has reopened its doors to Paraguayan beef after 25 years, President Santiago Peña announced Thursday together with US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment José W. Fernández and US Ambassador Marc Ostfield, it was reported in Asunción.

• Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:27 UTC

  Trade deal between Paraguay and the United States extended until 2025

  

  Authorities from Paraguay and the United States agreed in Asunción this week to extend until 2025 an agreement in place since 2019 to expedite the exchange, marketing, importation, and exportation of agricultural products.

• Thursday, March 16th 2023 - 06:11 UTC

  Paraguayan gov't wants no more red tape from US on beef exports

  

  Paraguayan authorities insisted this week before the US Embassy that there were no sanitary impediments for the northern country to welcome beef shipments from the South American nation, only red tape was hindering progress in that regard.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 09:47 UTC

  UN delegate busy fighting corruption in Asunción

  

  The regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the Andean Region and the Southern Cone (Undoc), Candice Welsch, has had a busy agenda in Asunción. She held separate meetings with US Ambassador Marc Ostfield and also with the Paraguayan Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad). In both encounters, corruption and money laundering were the main topics.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Former Paraguayan President Cartés “highly corrupt” for US State Dept.

  

  Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartés (2013-2018) has been added to the US State Department's “black” list of “highly corrupt” individuals, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday in a statement.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Paraguayan FM, US Ambassdor to Asunción discuss security issues

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Julio César Arriola and US Ambassador Marc Ostfield Monday held a meeting in Asunción to discuss strengthening the fight against corruption, the mutual quest for security, and “promoting mutual and inclusive economic prosperity.”