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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 5 December – Paraguay expels a Chinese diplomat who called for legislators to recognize Beijing in a surprise visit to Congress.
• 12 December – Paraguay moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem for the second time since relocating it to Tel Aviv in 2018.

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:

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

See also

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

References

1. "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.
2. "US imposes sanctions on Paraguayan cigarette producer for allegedly enriching the former president". AP News. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
3. "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.
4. "Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country's challenges". AP News. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
5. "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.
6. "Paraguay returns Israel embassy to Jerusalem". France 24. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
7. "Paraguay Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
8. "El futbol paraguayo esta de luto: Fallecio Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb". www.masencarnacion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
9. Almada, Nicolás (2024-02-04). "Fallece Charles González Palisa, reconocido comunicador". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
10. "Fallece este sábado a sus 87 años Martín Almada". OviedoPress (in Mexican Spanish). 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
11. 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.
12. ""Soldado israelí": conocido homicida falleció esta mañana en Tacumbú - Policiales - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
13. "Quién era Eulalio "Lalo" Gomes, el diputado abatido en un allanamiento de la Policía - Política - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
14. "Falleció el exfutbolista Fabián "Tyson" Caballero - Fútbol - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.
15. "Falleció el ajedrecista Zenón Franco - Nacionales - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-02.

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