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Argentina opens economic bids for Paraná-Paraguay waterway amid warnings of irregularities
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Argentina opens economic bids for Paraná-Paraguay waterway amid warnings of irregularities

MercoPress · May 20, 2026, 11:38 PM

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The government of Javier Milei proceeded on Tuesday to open the economic bids submitted by the two international consortia competing for the 25-year concession of the Paraná-Paraguay waterway, Argentina's main fluvial trade artery, despite a warning from the Public Prosecutor's Office about the existence of "serious and obvious irregularities" that could give rise to criminal and administrative consequences. The Peronist opposition has filed a bill in Congress demanding the immediate suspension of the process.

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