A protester was killed in Paraguay and two top government officials were fired 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. Thousands of protesters rioted in other parts of Asuncion and elsewhere in the country into the early hours of Saturday. Interior Minister Tadeo Rojas was later fired by Cartes along with the national police chief, Crispulo Sotelo. “We are working to identify the people responsible for the events,” the new interim interior minister, Lorenzo Lezcano, told a news conference. A vote which had been expected early on Saturday was called off until the situation calmed down, said the chamber’s president, Hugo Velazquez.

Source: Huffington Post April 01, 2017 20:15 UTC