The Centre Pompidou's first outpost in the Americas has slipped again. Centre Pompidou Paraná, planned for southern Brazil, was first scheduled for 2027 and then pushed to 2028; a museum spokesperson now says the opening is expected in 2029. Construction has not begun, and even the tender process — originally expected to start with a call for bids in November — has been delayed. The slippage coincides with a change of government in Paraná. The project passes from the administration of Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior, which negotiated the partnership, to governor Sergio Moro, elected on 4 October. Moro, the former federal judge behind the Lava Jato investigation, pledged during his campaign to complete the project, and the Pompidou wants it established as lasting state cultural policy rather than one administration's initiative. The museum was created by state decree in December 2024 with around 250m reais ($49.7m) in investment, under an eight-year cooperation agreement covering brand use and technical consulting. Its designer, Paraguayan architect Solano Benítez, says the preliminary design is approved and budgeting is underway so a tender can be launched — though no date has been fixed. The building will rise along the road to Iguazu Falls, near Foz do Iguaçu's airport on the edge of a protected natural area, in the Triple Frontier where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet. It could draw some 800,000 visitors a year. The delay echoes the Pompidou's ill-fated Jersey City project, declared dead earlier this year — even as outposts in Shanghai and Málaga operate and Brussels, Seoul and Saudi Arabia advance.