Paraguay beat Germany 4-3 on penalties, eliminated the four-time world champion, an epic story for any country. But President Santiago Peña decided that wasn’t enough and picked up the phone 😅
What he posted was not a presidential statement, it was not a solemn speech or a nationwide address. It was this, verbatim: “PARAGUAY NEVER SURRENDERS! FUCKING HOLIDAY!!”.
That shout reached 2 million views in minutes. And it didn’t stay on social media: the next day he signed Decree No. 6280, declaring June 30 a national holiday throughout the country.
Best of all: there is a law that allows the president to declare up to three special holidays per year. Paraguay used the first one so nobody would have to go to work after a night nobody was going to be able to sleep through anyway. 🇵🇾🎉