Foreign relations of Paraguay

Paraguay is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies. It also belongs to the Organization of American States, the Latin American Integration Association[?] (ALADI), the Rio Group[?], INTELSAT, INTERPOL[?], and MERCOSUR[?] (the Southern Cone Common Market). Its foreign policy has followed closely the Rio Group's lead on many issues of wideranging political importance.

Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, most or all of which is consumed in South America; transshipment country for Bolivian cocaine headed for Southern Cone[?] markets and Europe and a limited amount to the United States

See also : Paraguay