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Clash In Paraguay
Injures At Least 14
Police, 50 Protestors
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Clash In Paraguay
Injures At Least 14
Police, 50 Protestors
Buenos Aires - At least
14 policemen and 50
protesters were injured
Wednesday during a clash
in the capital of
Paraguay, according to
reports.
According to information
received from Asuncion,
capital of Paraguay,
hundreds of people,
mainly peasants and
activists, gathered in
front of the Prosecutor
Office building, asking
Ruben Candia Amarilla,
the general prosecutor,
to resign. Clashes
erupted when police
officers tried to
prevent protesters from
entering the building.
Demonstrations began
Tuesday in seven parts
of the country as
protesters demanded
reforms in judicial
power and agrarian
structure. The organizer
of Wednesday's protest,
the Social and People's
Front, said police
intervention was
"excessive."
Paraguayan President
Fernando Lugo in a short
communique called the
protest "a right of
citizens and
associations" that is
protected by his
government, but he also
stressed that the
constitutional and
institutional order of
the country could not be
broken.
Lugo said his government
"guarantees and
reaffirms that agrarian
reform, a electoral
campaign promise, will
be done" when conditions
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