2017 in Paraguay
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
Events in the year 2017 in Paraguay.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
![[icon]](./wiki.php?slug=File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2017) |
- 1 April – 2017 Paraguay protests: President Horacio Cartes's attempts to reform the Constitution to allow for re-election are met with mass protests with protestors storming the Congress and one death.[1]
- 24 April – In the early hours of the day a suspected Brazilian gang of robbers stole 11.7 million dollars from a security vault in Ciudad del Este, leaving one police officer dead. It is the biggest heist in Paraguay's history.[2]
- 24 June – After 2–0 over Independiente de Campo Grande, Club Libertad wins the 2017 Paraguayan Apertura championship.[3]
Deaths[edit]
- 9 January – Roberto Cabañas, footballer (b. 1961).[4]
- 24 January – Porfirio Méndez, middle-distance runner (b. 1966).[5]
- 25 July – Luis María Ramírez Boettner, lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918).[6]
- 2 October – Patrocinio Samudio, footballer (b. 1975).[7]
- 24 November – Ángel Berni, footballer (b. 1931).[8]
- 20 December – Rosa Brítez, potter (b. 1941).[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Santi Carneri (1 April 2017). "Asaltado el Congreso de Paraguay tras el intento del presidente de abrir paso a la reelección". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "$11.7 MILLION HEIST BIGGEST IN PARAGUAY'S HISTORY". Associated Press. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Libertad ganó a Independiente 2-0 y logra otro título". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Murió Roberto Cabañas". Infobae (in Spanish). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Porfirio Méndez
- ^ Fallece ex canciller Luis María Ramírez Boettner (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Patrocinio Samudio, recordado defensor de Tacuary (in Spanish)
- ^ Otra estrella va al cielo: fallece a los 79 años Ángel Berni (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció Rosa Brítez, la “Ceramista de América” (in Spanish)