Sources: BBC News
Unknown gunmen open fire at a police station in Canindeyú Department, Paraguay, killing three officers and wounding another. 2026-07-22
The Venezuelan government suspends diplomatic relations with Paraguay, after Paraguayan President Santiago Peña recognizes Edmundo González as president-elect of Venezuela. 2025-01-6
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez tests positive for COVID-19. 2022-01-18
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
Brazilian Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes announces that the full members of Mercosur—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay—are negotiating a free trade deal with the United States. 2019-07-31
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
President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo is diagnosed with lymphoma. 2010-08-7