2017 in Paraguay
# 2017 in Paraguay

Events in the year 2017 in Paraguay.

## Incumbents

* President: Horacio Cartes

## Events

* 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.
* 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.
* 24 June – After 2–0 over Independiente de Campo Grande, Club Libertad wins the 2017 Paraguayan Apertura championship.

## Deaths

* 9 January – Roberto Cabañas, footballer (b. 1961).
* 24 January – Porfirio Méndez, middle-distance runner (b. 1966).
* 25 July – Luis María Ramírez Boettner, lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918).
* 2 October – Patrocinio Samudio, footballer (b. 1975).
* 24 November – Ángel Berni, footballer (b. 1931).
* 20 December – Rosa Brítez, potter (b. 1941).
