2024 in Paraguay
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Events in the year 2024 in Paraguay.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[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.[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
[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:[5]
- 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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Paraguay Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
