Sources: BBC News
Paraguay reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in three people who travelled outside the country earlier this month. 2021-12-27
Paraguay's Minister of Agriculture, Luis Gneiting, and three others are killed in a plane crash near Ayolas. 2018-07-25
Pope Francis begans his tri-nation visit to Latin America arriving in Ecuador. Next he travels to Bolivia from July 8–10 and Paraguay from July 10–12, and returning to Rome on July 13. 2015-07-5
A man is arrested in Paraguay for allegedly raping and impregnating his ten-year-old stepdaughter. 2015-05-9
Paraguayan politician and presidential candidate Lino Oviedo is killed in a helicopter crash near Puerto Antequera in the Chaco region. 2013-02-3
Authorities in Paraguay arrest a Bolivian drug lord and seize nearly 1700kg of cocaine near the border with Brazil. 2012-11-11
The South American trade bloc Mercosur suspends Paraguay's membership following the impeachment of Fernando Lugo but will not impose sanctions. 2012-06-29
Police officers attempting to evict landless farmers occupying a property in the Paraguayan department of Canindeyú turn into clashes, killing 16 officers and farmers. 2012-06-15