2024 in Paraguay explained

See also: 2024 in South America.

Events in the year 2024 in Paraguay.

Incumbents

• • President: Santiago Peña Vice President: Pedro Alliana

Events

• 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.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 19 August – National Deputy Lalo Gomes is killed in his residence in Pedro Juan Caballero during a shootout with drug enforcement agents searching for his son, who later surrenders.^[4]

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

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• 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).^[6]
• 3 February – Charles González Palisa, 82, Argentine-born Paraguayan television show host.^[7]
• 30 March – Martín Almada, 87, lawyer and human rights activist (Archives of Terror).^[8]
• 2 May – Tito Steiner, 72, Paraguayan-Argentine Olympic decathlete (1976).^[9]
• 18 May – Agustín Ramón Martínez, 62, Israeli-Paraguayan serial killer and fraudster.^[10]
• 19 August – Lalo Gomes, 68, Brazilian-born Paraguayan politician, deputy (since 2023).^[11]
• 27 September – Fabián Caballero, 46, Argentine-Paraguayan football player (Dundee, Club Nacional) and manager (Sportivo Ameliano).^[12]
• 1 October – Zenón Franco Ocampos, 68, chess grandmaster.^[13]

See also

• Bibliography of Paraguay
• Index of Paraguay-related articles
• Outline of Paraguay

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-07-16 . Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet . 2024-07-16 . AP News . en.
2. Web site: 7 August 2024 . US imposes sanctions on Paraguayan cigarette producer for allegedly enriching the former president . 7 August 2024 . AP News . en.
3. Web site: 9 August 2024 . Paraguay says it wants the US ambassador to leave the country in apparent protest over sanctions . 11 August 2024 . AP News . en.
4. Web site: 20 August 2024 . Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country's challenges . 20 August 2024 . AP News . en.
5. Web site: Paraguay Public Holidays 2024. 20 November 2023 . Public Holidays Global.
6. Web site: El futbol paraguayo esta de luto: Fallecio Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb . 2024-10-02 . www.masencarnacion.com . es.
7. Web site: Almada . Nicolás . 2024-02-04 . Fallece Charles González Palisa, reconocido comunicador . 2024-10-02 . El Nacional . es.
8. Web site: 2024-03-30 . Fallece este sábado a sus 87 años Martín Almada . 2024-10-02 . OviedoPress . es-MX.
9. Web site: Vinker . Luis . 2024-05-02 . Murió Tito Steiner, el atleta más completo de la historia del deporte argentino . 2024-10-02 . Clarín . es.
10. Web site: "Soldado israelí": conocido homicida falleció esta mañana en Tacumbú - Policiales - ABC Color . 2024-10-02 . www.abc.com.py . es.
11. Web site: Quién era Eulalio "Lalo" Gomes, el diputado abatido en un allanamiento de la Policía - Política - ABC Color . 2024-10-02 . www.abc.com.py . es.
12. Web site: Falleció el exfutbolista Fabián "Tyson" Caballero - Fútbol - ABC Color . 2024-10-02 . www.abc.com.py . es.
13. Web site: Falleció el ajedrecista Zenón Franco - Nacionales - ABC Color . 2024-10-02 . www.abc.com.py . es.