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Abstract In Paraguay, the COVID-19 pandemic collapsed the national healthcare system and exposed the absence of inclusive policies, deepening inequalities and exclusion for people discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, occupation, income, or distance from urban centers. A continuous state of emergency hindered citizen accountability efforts. Government transparency portals tracked healthcare expansion and socioeconomic recovery programs, but offered no data on unassisted populations or reasons for exclusion. By late 2020, it was evident that the national government would not implement public policy evaluation in pandemic responses. The Paraguayan Evaluation Network developed a research proposal to assess and monitor discriminatory effects, focusing on vulnerable groups. This involved: (a) a policy review of laws, decrees, and programs describing the virus’s arrival, government actions, and discrimination risks; and (b) phone interviews with diverse individuals from the most vulnerable groups to gather qualitative insights. The chapter highlights barriers to social protection access for at-risk populations and reveals their analytical capacity to identify political and cultural drivers of discrimination. These voices are crucial for assessing and improving public policy, showing that a “coronavirus way of life” was unattainable without minimum conditions for economic and technological inclusion—especially when diversity is overlooked in policymaking. Far from portraying themselves as victims, participants emerge as critical thinkers empowered by their exclusion. The evaluation field must amplify these perspectives, placing them on par with expert policy recommendations.