Overview

• Police reported about 350 participants, 31 arrests and eight injured officers, while another outlet cited at least three detentions.
• Officers used pepper spray to disperse crowds and some protesters responded by throwing stones.
• Demonstrators called for transparency plus improvements in health care, security and public services under the slogan “Somos el 99,9 %”.
• Marchers reached the Plaza de Armas near Congress and later gathered outside National Police headquarters to seek the release of detainees.
• Protesters carried Paraguayan flags and One Piece imagery as analysts linked the action to a regional, internet-driven youth protest wave with uncertain staying power.