AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoEl Niño impacts Paraguay: A severe storm linked to El Niño hit central, northern and eastern Paraguay, damaging homes, power lines and crops in Caaguazú, San Pedro and Cordillera, with authorities reporting about 4,000 families affected and a preliminary 20,000 people impacted. Heat records in the Chaco: Paraguay also logged an extreme heatwave, with more than a dozen localities breaking historic daily maximum temperature records, including 43.8°C in Mariscal Estigarribia—an all-time high after 74 years. Biodiversity and conservation: Paraguay’s San Rafael landscape in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest—now a key biodiversity area and part of a national park reserve—highlights ongoing habitat loss pressures and the need for stronger protection and enforcement. Wildlife spotlight: Paraguay marked Latin American Bat Day with renewed bat-conservation work, using the Guaraní “mbopi” to build public identity and support for the program. Sustainability in procurement: Paraguay’s DNCP improved tracking of sustainable public procurement, using structured data from e-government tenders to measure uptake of sustainability clauses across thousands of awards. Climate risk for children: UNICEF warned that 25.8 million children across Latin America and the Caribbean face very high risks from El Niño-linked rainfall extremes, underscoring the stakes for water, food and health services.
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