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Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez tests positive for COVID-19.
2022-01-18

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez is confirmed to have dengue fever amid a nationwide pandemic.
2020-01-22

Paraguay announces that it will move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of May. Paraguay is the third country to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem after the United States and Guatemala.
2018-05-7

Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes says he will not be a candidate in next year's presidential election regardless of Congress's action on a constitutional amendment that would allow second terms. Cartes adds his decision was informed by Pope Francis's call for peace and dialogue in Paraguay following protests against this change that turned violent two weeks ago.
2017-04-17

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

Horacio Cartes, of the Colorado Party, is elected President of Paraguay with 45.91% percent of the vote.
2013-04-21

Ousted President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo condemns the "coup against the citizenry and democracy" that ousted him from his office.
2012-06-24

President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo sacks heads of the country's army, navy and air force plus five more senior officers in a decision aimed at "institutionalizing the structure of the armed forces".
2010-09-21

President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo is diagnosed with lymphoma.
2010-08-7

Paraguay passes a bill, requested by President, Fernando Lugo, that suspends constitutional rights for 30 days in parts of the country after the Paraguayan People's Army (PPA) kills four people.
2010-04-24