US EditionIntegration Bridge Between Paraguay and Brazil Opened to Traffic
- The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge was officially opened on December 19, 2025, at a ceremony attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, while Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was absent due to personal issues.
- This project marks the end of a 33-year diplomatic effort and resolves a three-year operational stalemate that left the finished bridge unused since 2022.
- Traffic will initially be limited to empty trucks and tourist buses, with cargo-laden vehicles expected to be authorized in late 2026 or early 2027 due to incomplete customs facilities.
- Lula emphasized the importance of infrastructure for regional integration during his speech, despite a technical microphone failure.
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einnews.comIntegration Bridge between Paraguay and Brazil opened to traffic
The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge was officially opened to vehicle traffic on Friday during a ceremony attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. His Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, intends to hold a separate event on Saturday on his country's side of the structure linking Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) to Presidente Franco (Paraguay).
Lula inaugurates integration bridge between Brazil and Paraguay
Brasilia, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is scheduled to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the so-called Integration Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay over the Parana River.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva participated in a ceremony that launched the Integration Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay
The Paraguayan president, Santiago Peña, this Saturday reproached his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the disagreement between the two governments that prevented them from agreeing on the inauguration of a binational bridge. Lula inaugurated on Friday the Bridge of Integration, between the Brazilian city of Foz de Iguazú and the Paraguayan of President Franco, without [...] The entry Peña reproaches Lula the disagreement for th…
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, inaugurated the International Integration Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay on Friday and took advantage of the ceremony to criticize leaders who “build walls and barriers.” In Foz de Iguazú, Paraná state, Lula said that while some leaders push walls to prevent poor people from passing through, South America opts for cooperation. “Some defend walls and barriers. We, Latin Americans, South Americans…
At the opening of the International Bridge for the Integration of Brazil-Paraguai, in Foz do Iguaçu, in Paraná, on the border with the neighbouring country, President Luiz Inácio Lula of Silva complained that there are countries that, instead of bridges, are building walls. “There are people who want to make war not to allow the other pass on their side. We are here, South American, Paraguayans and Brazilians, we want to tell the world that we a…
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