Protester dies in clashes over Paraguay re-election vote
By Reuters
02 April 2017 |
4:57 am
A protester was killed by a rubber bullet fired by police on Saturday after violent clashes overnight sparked by a secret Senate vote for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.
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