2021 in Paraguay
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Events in the year 2021 in Paraguay.
Incumbents
- President: Mario Abdo Benítez
- Vice President: Hugo Velázquez Moreno
Events
- 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
References
- ^ "Coronavirus (COVID-19)". Google News. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Paraguay's president asks all ministers to resign after protests". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Falleció José Pedrozo, ex futbolista paraguayo con vasta trayectoria en Chile (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció Florentín Giménez (in Spanish)
- ^ El adiós al olímpico Rodolfo Da Ponte (in Spanish)
- ^ "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.
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