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Protesters burn parliament, riot in Paraguay
Updated On: 02 April, 2017 09:20 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>Senate's secret vote allowing President Cartes to run for re-election triggers unrest in South American nation</p>
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President Horacio Cartes

A demonstrator protests in Asuncion on Friday. Pic/AFP
Asuncion: Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay's Parliament on Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election. The country's constitution has prohibited re-election since it was passed in 1992 after a brutal dictatorship fell in 1989.
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