2024 in Paraguay
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Events in the year 2024 in Paraguay.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]February
[edit]- Allies of former President Horacio Cartes in the Senate expel opposition Senator Kattya González over alleged administrative misconduct, prompting protests in Asuncion.[1]
April
[edit]- 20 April – Heavy rains triggers flooding in Ñeembucú, Central, Misiones, Presidente Hayes, and Cordillera, killing four people are killed and displacing 10,000.[2]
July
[edit]- 16 July – Police seize over four tons of cocaine worth $240 million at a river port in Asunción, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history.[3]
August
[edit]- 6 August – The United States imposes sanctions on the cigarette manufacturer Tabacalera del Este and four other firms for supporting the illicit enrichment of former president Horacio Cartes.[4]
- 8 August – Paraguay orders the expulsion of US ambassador Marc Ostfield in protest over the imposition of sanctions against Tabacalera del Este on 6 August.[5]
- 19 August – National Deputy Eulalio "Lalo" Gomes is killed in his residence in Pedro Juan Caballero during a shootout with police executing a narcotrafficking and money-laundering investigation involving his son, who later surrenders.[1][6]
November
[edit]- 15 November – President Peña enacts the “anti-NGO law,” allowing the government to shut down NGOs that fail reporting rules, while exempting faith groups, parties, and football clubs.[1][7]
December
[edit]- 5 December – Paraguay expels a Chinese diplomat who called for legislators to recognize Beijing in a surprise visit to Congress.[8]
- 12 December – Paraguay moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem for the second time since relocating it to Tel Aviv in 2018.[9]
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Paraguay
- List of Paraguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Holidays
[edit]Source:[10]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 1 March – National Heroes' Day
- 28 March – Maundy Thursday
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 14 May – Independence Day
- 15 June – Chaco Armistice Day
- 15 August – Founding of Asunción
- 29 September – Boqueron Battle Victory Day Holiday
- 8 December – Virgin of Caacupé Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
[edit]- 2 February – Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb, 83, football executive, president of Club Olimpia (1974–1990, 1995–2004).[11]
- 3 February – Charles González Palisa, 82, Argentine-born Paraguayan television show host.[12]
- 30 March – Martín Almada, 87, lawyer and human rights activist (Archives of Terror).[13]
- 2 May – Tito Steiner, 72, Paraguayan-Argentine Olympic decathlete (1976).[14]
- 18 May – Agustín Ramón Martínez, 62, Israeli-Paraguayan serial killer and fraudster.[15]
- 19 August – Lalo Gomes, 68, Brazilian-born politician, deputy (since 2023).[16]
- 27 September – Fabián Caballero, 46, Argentine-Paraguayan football player (Dundee, Club Nacional) and manager (Sportivo Ameliano).[17]
- 1 October – Zenón Franco Ocampos, 68, chess grandmaster.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Paraguay: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ "Overall Green Flood alert in Paraguay from 11 Apr 2024 01:00 UTC to 22 Apr 2024 01:00 UTC". Gdacs. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ "Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet". AP News. 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ "US imposes sanctions on Paraguayan cigarette producer for allegedly enriching the former president". AP News. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Paraguay says it wants the US ambassador to leave the country in apparent protest over sanctions". AP News. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country's challenges". AP News. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "President enacts controversial law restricting civil society; Land rights protesters face threats". Civicus Monitor. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ "Paraguay kicks out a visiting Chinese envoy for urging its lawmakers to turn their backs on Taiwan". AP News. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ "Paraguay returns Israel embassy to Jerusalem". France 24. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Paraguay Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "El futbol paraguayo esta de luto: Fallecio Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb". Mas Encarnacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Almada, Nicolás (2024-02-04). "Fallece Charles González Palisa, reconocido comunicador". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Fallece este sábado a sus 87 años Martín Almada". OviedoPress (in Mexican Spanish). 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Vinker, Luis (2024-05-02). "Murió Tito Steiner, el atleta más completo de la historia del deporte argentino". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ ""Soldado israelí": conocido homicida falleció esta mañana en Tacumbú". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Quién era Eulalio "Lalo" Gomes, el diputado abatido en un allanamiento de la Policía". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Falleció el exfutbolista Fabián "Tyson" Caballero". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Falleció el ajedrecista Zenón Franco". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
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