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No country in 2024 formally *requires* citizens or travelers to use a mobile or digital ID in place of a physical passport for international travel; digital ID systems exist widely but generally suppl...
Paraguay has enacted Law No. 7177/2023 to recognise national documents in digital form and launched a government PortalParaguay app that offers an “Identidad Electrónica” used to access state services...
Since 2018 international responses to Venezuelan elections have split along geopolitical and regional lines: many Western governments and regional blocs rejected the Maduro-administered votes as neith...
Paraguay’s Law No. 7177/2023 establishes a legal basis for government-recognized digital identity credentials, but reporting and NGO analysis leave open exactly which biometric modalities the new digi...
is built as a broker that complements, rather than wholly replaces, the country’s physical identity infrastructure: most citizens can authenticate digitally but continue to rely on and in-person chann...
Paraguay’s digital ID—formally enabled by Law No. 7177/2023 and rolled into the government’s “Identidad Electrónica” platform—promises faster, 24/7 online access to state services, a citizen “folder” ...
(cédula de identidad or Documento de Identidad) and its passport are distinct documents with overlapping functions: the ID is the compulsory domestic identity document that also permits regional trave...
Both and issue mandatory national identity cards that now embed biometrics—fingerprints, facial data and secure chips—and both countries accept each other’s physical ID cards for travel under and asso...
requires a national identity document for all residents (the cédula) but its national e‑ID/ platform is an opt‑in technical layer built on that card and not presented in the sources as a blanket legal...
The physical an cédula (Documento de Identidad) contains embedded and is operationally integrated into Uruguay’s national platform, meaning it is within the country’s e‑government ecosystem and usable...
The (Documento de Identidad) is a modern, chip‑enabled national ID that carries cryptographic keys, biometric Match‑On‑Card capability and electronic certificates on the physical card itself—features ...
Yes — ’s national identity card (cédula) is legally compulsory for residents and functions as the primary identification document for citizens and foreign residents, with the requirement applying from...
requires a national identity document (Documento de Identidad or cédula de identidad) for residents — including nationals, naturalized citizens, foreign residents and asylum-seekers — with issuance be...
national ID is operationally interoperable within its own —ID Uruguay connects hundreds of services and integrates with the physical eID card—while regional, is actively being built through a broker m...
L’accordo UE–Mercosur promette vantaggi commerciali netti per l’industria europea e di rafforzamento geopolitico, abbattendo dazi su circa il 90–92% degli scambi e stimando risparmi di dazi per le imp...
Polish farmers staged a blockade that disrupted truck traffic at the Medyka–Shehyni border on 6 September 2025, beginning around 12:50 Kyiv time and taking place about one kilometre from the Medyka ch...
Donald Trump’s renegotiation efforts produced a mix of concrete trade actions—new tariffs, country-specific duties, and a negotiated EU trade implementation—paired with significant economic backlash i...