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2024 in Paraguay
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Events in the year 2024 in Paraguay.
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Events
February
- Allies of former President Horacio Cartes in the Senate expel opposition Senator Kattya González over alleged administrative misconduct, prompting protests in Asuncion.[1]
April
- 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
August
- 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
- 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
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Art and entertainment
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Paraguay
- List of Paraguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Holidays
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
- 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]
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