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March 12 – Andrés Gubetich, head of the Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS), resigns amidst scandal related to a lack of vaccines and overly-restrictive hospital admission requirements. Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni also resigns. Paraguay has reported 174,013 cases and 3,387 deaths from COVID-19, with the highest number of cases in Asunción.
General elections were held in Paraguay on 30 April 2023 to elect the president, vice president, National Congress, and departmental governors. [1] The incumbent president Mario Abdo Benítez and vice president Hugo Velázquez Moreno, both of the Colorado Party, were ineligible for re-election.
Santiago Peña Palacios (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ˈpeɲa paˈlasjos]; born 16 November 1978) is a Paraguayan politician and economist who is the 52nd and current president of Paraguay since 2023. In addition to his political career, Peña has served on leadership boards for the Central Bank of Paraguay and Banco Amambay. [3]
6 January — Venezuela breaks off diplomatic relations with Paraguay after President Santiago Peña recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela. [1] 9–23 August – 2025 Junior Pan American Games [2] [3]
In May 2023, Santiago Peña of the long-ruling Colorado Party, won the presidential election to succeed Mario Abdo as the next President of Paraguay. [2] On 15 August 2023, Santiago Peña was sworn in as Paraguay's new president. [3] The workplace of the President of Paraguay is the Palacio de los López, in Asunción.
Plymouth — now the Pompeii of the Caribbean — was abandoned permanently in 1997. The Caribbean island is making a comeback , but the volcano remains a wild card and access to the capital is ...
Paraguay (/ ˈ p ær ə ɡ w aɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
This is a list of newspapers in Paraguay. Current newspapers ... Itapúa Notícias (Encarnación) La Nación ; Popular ; La Tribuna ; Última Hora ; Vanguardia ...