The general manager at shipping terminal Terport talks to fDi about plans to turn Paraguay capital Asunción into a regional shipping hub.

Lea Gimenez, Paraguay’s finance minister, talks to Natasha Turak about how the country has escaped the economic woes of its Latin American neighbours through a combination of economic diversity and improved transparency.

Paraguay may be dwarfed by its near South American neighbours but its central location gives it a logistics advantage, while low taxes and high labour productivity are driving growth in the industrial and financial sectors, the country’s minister of commerce and industry, Gustavo Leite, tells Jason Mitchell.

Mabel Causarano, Paraguay’s minister of culture, is also involved in securing investment for the rejuvenation of capital city Asuncion's historic centre. She believes this will act as a catalyst to a wider regeneration of Paraguay, as Jason Mitchell discovers.

Paraguay's minister of industry and commerce, Gustavo Leite, tells Barbara Njau that, despite being landlocked, the country's geographical position works to its advantage when doing business with the economic powerhouse of neighbouring Brazil