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2 minutes read Asuncion, Mar 6 (efe-epa).- Paraguay’s president announced a cabinet reshuffle on Saturday amid a political crisis sparked by protests over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Police again on Saturday midnight used force to disperse a group of people who had gathered in front of the presidential residence to break through the perimeter security barrier. The incident took place in an area where the United States embassy is also located and amid protests demanding President Mario Abdo Benitez to step down. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas and made...

URL copied to clipboard When María Amarilla was eleven years old, she was sexually abused by a family member. “For years I remained silent because I didn’t know it was wrong and didn’t know who to talk to,” she told openDemocracy.  The abuse “lasted for a while, and when my school organised a spiritual retreat I tried to talk to someone, but everything the girls heard there was about our ‘sins’: the clothes we wore, the words we used. So I shut up.” At the age of fifteen, Amarilla – who is now a spokesperson for the National Union of Student Centers of Paraguay – rep...