Economy & Business - October 2026

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña has done much to boost his country’s economic credentials, but he has also been criticised as being aloof to the needs of many ordinary citizens. He recently got another taste of the simmering discontent resulting from the rising cost of living and tight government purses. In August, Paraguay’s doctors’ union (Sinamed) led strikes and protest action, demanding more pay and denouncing a shortage of medical supplies and poor working conditions. Physicians and other healthcare workers in the public sector resigned en masse.