2000 Paraguayan coup attempt

2000 Paraguayan coup d'état attempt
	; The then-building of the Congress of Paraguay (now Cultural Center of the Republic) was attacked by insurgent troops
Date	18 – 19 May 2000
Location	Paraguay (mainly Asunción)
Result	Coup failed Paraguay placed under a state of exception; President Luis Ángel González Macchi retains the presidency; Executive Branch is weakened; Economic crisis over the next few years; Several military and congress people arrested;
Belligerents
Government of Paraguay; Paraguayan Army members loyal to the president; ANR (government supporters)	Fulgencio Yegros Patriotic Movement; Paraguayan Army members loyal to Lino Oviedo; ANR (Oviedo supporters or oviedistas); UNACE movement
Commanders and leaders
Luis Ángel González Macchi	Lino Oviedo (allegedly)

The 2000 Paraguayan coup d'état attempt was a political crisis that occurred in Paraguay in May 2000, with the aim of deposing then President of Paraguay Luis Ángel González Macchi and arresting some "anti-oviedista" members of Congress. The attempted coup was led by a group that called itself "Fulgencio Yegros Patriotic Movement", formed by at least fifty soldiers, most of them retired and loyal to former General Lino Oviedo, who at the time was in political exile.

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