Through a statement issued by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela and Paraguay, the reestablishment of diplomatic and consular relations was announced. Ambassadors will soon be accredited accordingly.

Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, along with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, have indicated that a bilateral relationship will be maintained with full respect for “equal rights, self-determination of peoples, non-interference in the internal affairs of other States and solidarity,” according to the official communiqué published on his account on social network X by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil.

#Comunicado Los Presidentes Nicolás Maduro Moros de Venezuela y Santiago Peña de Paraguay, han decidido reestablecer las relaciones diplomáticas y consulares entre ambas naciones. pic.twitter.com/BkWJ6UDVxR

— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) November 15, 2023

Relations between both Latin American countries were suspended in 2019, after the re-election of Nicolás Maduro to the presidency of Venezuela, as a reaction from the president of Paraguay at that time, Abdo Benítez bowed to the position of other nations in the region, the United States. and the European Union, which did not recognize the electoral process.

Once this stage has been overcome, Venezuela and Paraguay are preparing for “good coexistence”, in addition to making it possible to “consolidate good relations between States and preserve the natural friendship and solidarity between our peoples.”

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Santiago Peña was sworn on Tuesday as the new President of Paraguay for the next five years in a ceremony at the Palacio de López, in Asunción, in which he assured that he would continue the “political vocation” of consensus and agreements of former President Horacio Cartés, questioned for alleged corruption.

“Thank you for persevering, without fainting, in the construction of consensus and in the search for agreements. Today we have to bring that political vocation to the service of all Paraguayans,” Peña thanked a Cartés under the spotlight of the United States for their alleged corrupt practices.

In his first speech as the new president, Peña, 44, has appealed to both his followers and his detractors to, together, build a “better nation”, stressing that he will seek to ensure that everyone can prosper and for this he will work to the end to achieve consensus and overcome what divides Paraguayans.

Regarding Paraguay’s position in the world, Peña has alluded to the European Union agreement and the setbacks that its repeal could cause. However, he has emphasized that the country will always negotiate without compromising its sovereignty, its territory, its values ​​or its culture.

“Our foreign policy is based on respect for national interests, effective diplomacy, the promotion of trade and investment, national security and the promotion of our values ​​and interests,” Peña said.

In turn, he has been critical of some of the initiatives that fight against climate change, because although well-intentioned, they could “hinder” the country’s human development, stressing that they are not responsible or have contributed significantly to the generation of greenhouse gases.

Before he was sworn before the Bible, and as established by protocol, the former president Mario Abdo Benítez has handed over the presidential sash and the command scepter to the president of Congress, Silvio Ovelar, reports the newspaper ‘ABC Color’.

One day before his inauguration, Peña has met with several of the representatives of the foreign delegations that have come for the ceremony, such as the Spanish one headed by King Felipe VI, or the American one, with the Secretary of the Interior, Debra Haaland on the front.

Peña, who already ran as a candidate in 2017 without success, is the tenth president of the country after the return of democracies after the fall of the dictator Alfredo Stroessner. During his campaign, he has promised the creation of half a million jobs, investment in security and social housing, as well as the reduction of fuel and basic food prices.

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The executive president of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Sergio Díaz-Granados, held a meeting with the president-elect of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, in which he reaffirmed the commitment of the institution he presides over to the country’s sustainable development.

After said meeting, Díaz-Granados expressed that CAF is “ready” to work closely with Paraguay, promoting initiatives that promote equity, prosperity and regional integration.

For his part, Peña focused on the “big projects” that he will promote during his term, which will begin on August 15, in which he intends to have the support of the multilateral bank to generate development and bring prosperity to Paraguay.

Paraguay has been a full member of CAF for more than twelve years, after becoming a full shareholder in December 2008. Since then, the country has received different loans from the entity to advance in aspects such as regional cohesion or the improvement of the infrastructure network.

A total of 18 Latin American countries are part of this body, to which Honduras has joined this week, after its Parliament ratified its accession.

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Santiago Peña, candidate of the Colorado Party, was elected this Sunday as the new president of Paraguay, by achieving 43 % of the ballots, according to the Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results (TREP) system.

“They placed their trust in our hands so that tomorrow we can be better and we will be better. We are all morally obliged to play a role in the place that touches us, only then can we successfully face poverty, corruption and impunity”, stressed the new president.

Peña, who surpassed his main rival, Efraín Alegre, by more than 15 percentage points, who has achieved the support of 27 % of the electorate, thanked the people for trusting in his “conciliatory and patriotic” project, as well as the politicians who They have accompanied, with special mention to the head of his campaign, former President Horacio Cartes, who is under investigation for corruption.

“Horacio, I admire the immensity of your qualified obstinacy for the fate of the Colorado Party. That time, rescuing it from the plain, this time uniting the Colorado family, strengthening their fronts and refunding the concept of a party at the service of the free man“, he declared. in his speech after the electoral victory.

On the other hand, Peña highlighted the three axes with which he is committed to his mandate: social peace, dialogue and reconciliation with the authorities, while acknowledging that he has a great challenge in terms of the country’s economy and security.

“I call for unity and consensus to achieve our destiny of collective well-being and prosperity without exclusions. The time has come to postpone our differences to prioritize the common causes that unite us as a nation,” he said.

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