April 16, 2026 – 9:00 p.m.
The Chief of Civil Cabinet, Javier Giménez, announced that tomorrow the Government is expected to announce “50% of the solution” of the debts that the State has with the highways. In the case of health, next week there would be news.
Tomorrow at 08:00 a conference is expected in Mburuvicha Róga by the Government together with representatives of the private sector for the State debts with the highwaysas announced by the Chief of Civil Staff of the presidency, Javier Gimenez.
The official announced that the “50% of the solution to this problem”although in the case of debts with pharmaceutical companies, there will only be news next week.
“I’m not so worried about the debt or the payment plan with the roads or construction. Things will be resolved; health is a debt that is a little more worrying“He said. Likewise, he mentioned that the debt with the construction companies would be around 220 million dollarswith a discussion of another 100 million for interests that would come from the previous Government, but this would be solved with a “strong injection.”
In reference to the debt with the health sector, he cited that it is 1,030 million dollars “in something that is in high demand” and for this reason he pointed out that “We are looking at the best way to find a model that is sustainable over time.”
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Feprinco statement
Today, the Federation of Production, Industry and Commerce (Feprinco) released a public statement in which it criticized the Chartist government for prioritizing prebendary and populism over the sanitation of public finances.
“I don’t see it that way, I see that the Feprinco statement starts recognizing achievements of the Executive Branch,” Giménez mentioned in this regard.
He also alleged that the State supposedly “reforms like no other government before” to the point that “Paraguay has not grown like this for 20 years”, according to the senior official, since he also mentioned that poverty was reduced with employment, which would be 242,000 jobs.
“I am happy that There is this intensity on the part of the unions to always ask for more; It forces us to make greater efforts. What are we going to do? “There is a lot left to do and there are things that have not yet been done,” he declared.
