Paraguay's vice president reverses, says he won't resign yet

FILE PHOTO: Paraguay's Vice-President Hugo Velazquez addresses the media after Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas took office in Asuncion,Paraguay July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez on Thursday said he will not resign until he has details of U.S. accusations against him, a reversal days after Washington accused him of having participated in acts of "significant" corruption.

On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an associate of Velazquez had offered a bribe to a Paraguayan public official to "obstruct an investigation that threatened the Vice President and his financial interests."