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Paraguay Senate convenes to try president
http://news.yahoo.com/paraguay-senate-convenes-try-president-163845959.html....ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay's Senate convened to try President Fernando Lugo on Friday after he was impeached in a high-stakes confrontation between the leftist ex-priest and his former moderate allies.
Adolfo Ferreiro, one of the president's lawyers, said that Lugo wouldn't appear at the trial in the Senate and would be defended by his lawyers. The Senate is trying Lugo for allegedly having a role in a deadly confrontation involving landless farmers that left 17 dead.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered at Asuncion's main square in front of Congress to show their support for Lugo and condemn the trial that could lead to his ouster. They waved flags and chanted slogans including: "The people, united, will never be defeated!"
Police separated groups of pro- and anti-Lugo protesters.
