2021 in Paraguay

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Events in the year 2021 in Paraguay.

See also: 2021 in South America

Incumbents

• President: Mario Abdo Benítez
• Vice President: Hugo Velázquez Moreno

Events

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Paraguay

• February 15 – 145,095 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,953 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.^[1]
• March 6 – President Benitez asks his entire cabinet to resign following conflicts between demonstrators and police at protests against the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rioters threw stones at police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas on March 5. More than 165,800 cases of COVID-19 have been reported, resulting in 3,200 deaths.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

Deaths

• February 15 – José Pedrozo, 38, footballer (Antofagasta, San Marcos de Arica), traffic collision.^[4]
• March 11 – Florentín Giménez, 95, pianist and composer; COVID-19.^[5]
• April 6 – Rodolfo da Ponte, 82, Olympic fencer (1968).^[6]
• May 15 – Nelly Reig Castellanos, 92, former first lady.^[7]

See also

• COVID-19 in South America
• Lima Group

References

1. "Coronavirus (COVID-19)". Google News. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
2. "Paraguay's president asks all ministers to resign after protests". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
3. "Otro escándalo sacude Paraguay: el titular del Instituto de Previsión Social renunció por un supuesto desvío de fármacos". infobae (in European Spanish). EFE. March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
4. Falleció José Pedrozo, ex futbolista paraguayo con vasta trayectoria en Chile (in Spanish)
5. Falleció Florentín Giménez (in Spanish)
6. El adiós al olímpico Rodolfo Da Ponte (in Spanish)
7. "Falleció Nelly Reig de Rodríguez, la primera dama de la era democrática". ABC Color. 2021-05-15. Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-30.