Speaking to the press in Taipei, Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Pena says that whilst his country has "no constraints" on trading with China, he considers himself "a good friend of Taiwan and the government of Taiwan." Paraguay is the last remaining South American nation to recognise Taiwan over Beijing, which claims the island as its territory and has spent decades convincing Taipei's allies to switch. Pena, who won the election in May and will be inaugurated next month, has been in Taiwan since Tuesday and his schedule has been packed with meetings and stops, including at a bubble tea shop with the island's President Tsai Ing-wen. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES