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Paraguay to Host Taiwan's Lai

Taiwan president to visit Paraguay next month, likely to make US transits
Paraguay is preparing to receive Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te next month, President Santiago Pena said on Monday, meaning Lai will likely make sensitive transit stops in the United States that are bound to infuriate Beijing.
Taiwan's president to visit Paraguay in August
Paraguay is preparing to receive Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te next month, President Santiago Pena said on Monday (July 14), meaning Lai will also most likely make sensitive transit stops in the United States bound to infuriate Beijing.
Paraguay to Host Taiwan's Lai in August
Paraguay is one of only 12 countries to maintain formal diplomatic ties with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, and the only one in South America. Taiwan's foreign ministry declined immediate comment. "We are preparing anxiously and with much affection to receive President Lai in 30 days,
Paraguay to host Taiwan's Lai Ching-te in August
Belize will also host Lai during a planned visit to the region, a government official told Reuters, without giving a date. Taiwan has a handful of other allies in Latin America and the Caribbean, but several have cut ties in recent years in favor of relations with economic powerhouse China, which considers Taiwan to be a Chinese province.
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Paraguay, Taiwan's only remaining diplomatic ally in South America, vowed Monday to defend its ties with the self-governing democracy claimed by China and announced its president, Lai Ching-te, will visit in August.
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