On 28 September 2025, protests began in Paraguay against the administration of President Santiago Peña, first staged by a group known as Generación Z Paraguay. Commonly described by the media as part of the Gen Z protests, they are the first mass-scale protests in the country since 2021, with the protests being inspired by the 2025 Peruvian protests. The indigenous peoples in Paraguay joined the protest after the office of the Instituto Paraguayo del IndÃÂgena (INDI) was moved to a military base, also demanding the removal of the head of the INDI, Juan Ramón Benegas. The protests ended on October 3, 2025, after the government accepted the demands of the protesters.