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Judi Lynn

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Mon Aug 15, 2016, 06:11 PM Aug 2016

Hundreds march to demand Paraguay's president step down

Hundreds march to demand Paraguay's president step down

Published August 15, 2016/
EFE (Spain)

Asuncion – Hundreds of peasant and leftist activists marched in the Paraguayan capital on Monday to demand the resignation of President Horacio Cartes, who took office Aug. 15, 2013.

The protest was organized by the People's Democratic Congress, a coalition of groups including the Guasu Front, led by ousted President Fernando Lugo.

Besides calling on Cartes and his entire Cabinet to step down, marchers denounced official corruption and a law on public-private partnerships that government opponents say is designed to facilitate back-door privatization of public assets and services.

The procession began in front of the Palace of Justice, where participants demanded the release of 11 sentenced last month to prison terms of up to 30 years for the so-called Curuguaty massacre, an armed clash in 2012 that resulted in 17 deaths and led to the impeachment and removal of then-President Lugo.

More:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2016/08/15/hundreds-march-to-demand-paraguay-president-step-down/

(Fox "News" reprinted an article which originated with Spain's E.F.E.)

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