AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoRally diplomacy and governance: Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña met FIA chief Mohammed Ben Sulayem at Rally del Paraguay in Encarnación, highlighting the event’s jump to about 300,000 fans (+42.8% vs 2025) and the FIA’s new long-term commercial rights push aimed at boosting rallying from top level to grassroots. Sports controversy with political spillover: World Rally Championship champion Sébastien Ogier publicly apologized to Peña and Ben Sulayem after an “out of line interaction” during Rally Paraguay, tied to his complaints about WRC tyre supplier Hankook following punctures and retirements. Tax and state capacity: Paraguay’s National Directorate of Tax Revenues says it collected an extra ₲11.5 trillion (about US$1.53B) in three years, lifting the tax-to-GDP ratio from 9.1% to 11.2% by end-2025 after merging tax and customs functions. Trade and connectivity: Avianca will start daily Asunción–Bogotá flights in late October 2026, expanding regional air links; separately, Paraguay reports 75 products reaching 43 new export destinations in the first seven months of 2026, including first shipments to Nepal. Public order and health: Paraguay’s National Police Day (Santa Rosa de Lima) is marked today, while reports also note Paraguay doctors ending a strike after specialists announced exits.
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