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US envoy discusses corruption with Paraguayan lawmakers
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
The US Undersecretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Mark Wells Wednesday said in Asunción that his country would undertake further action beyond declaring Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velázquez and former President Horacio Cartés as “significantly corrupt.”
The US official also discussed with local lawmakers other issues such as the waterway project, the two countries' relationship with Taiwan, meat certification, public works projects, the Public Procurement Law, bilateral trade, the fight against corruption and impunity, and the strengthening of democratic institutions.
Paraguayan Senator Jorge Querey, who took part in the meeting, pointed out that drug trafficking, the organized crime route, as well as the money and smuggling circuit were also addressed. “Basically these issues were put for consideration, there was no conclusion as such,” he explained.
“They have clarified that these expressions of them as significantly corrupt will be accompanied by other measures. They still have a series of measures to implement,” Querey went on. The leftist Frente Guasu lawmaker also pointed out the United States might block the assets abroad of “the people that they single out as significantly corrupt.”
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https://en.mercopress.com/2022/08/25/us-envoy-discusses-corruption-with-paraguayan-lawmakers