A majority of Paraguayan senators approved a proposed constitutional amendment Friday that would allow the election of a president to a second term, a move called illegal by opposition members and opposed by the Senate president himself. The vote was followed by clashes outside the congress building between police and protesters opposing the amendment. Some protesters broke through police lines and entered the first floor, where they set fire to papers and furniture. Police used water cannon and fired rubber bullets to...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 01, 2017 00:56 UTC