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New Zealanders end vote on final day of tight elections

Early results after polls closed in New Zealand show the race is too close to call. The country has strict election-day laws on political reporting to prevent voters from being swayed at the last minute.

Live events: the Parisian procession starts in Place de la République

New demonstrations are taking place on Saturday for the fourth consecutive weekend, with the epicentre Paris, where yellow vests intend to approach the places of power. A day of mobilization under high security, two days after a large-scale national mobilization at the call of the unions. Follow our direct.

Paraguay places ousted president Peña under house arrest after bank collapse

Paraguayan authorities placed ousted president Santiago Peña under house arrest on Friday, shortly after the Senate unanimously removed him from office over a massive banking crisis that locked nearly half of Paraguayans out of their savings. Peña offered his resignation over the scandal, but lawmakers pressed ahead with impeachment proceedings that stripped him of political immunity.

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Half a century of State Secretaries: the power behind power

The next year is the 50th anniversary of the creation of the figure of the Secretary of State. A powerful institution unpublished in the Spanish administration, arising from the gossip of Adolfo Suárez and which all governments have maintained. Today they are true deputy ministers, a technical-political hinge whose function is to make electoral programmes a reality. Few know them. They don't decide, they run. One in ten comes to minister

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Tension in Tanzania following the conviction of opposition leader Tundu Lissu to four years in prison

After 577 days in prison, the Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu received a verdict that he took by surprise to many observers. Although the High Court acquitted him of the charge of treason, considering that the Prosecutor & apos; s Office did not demonstrate that he attempted to intimidate the Government, it did find him guilty of incitement for calls to block elections without prior reforms and sentenced him to four years & apos; imprisonment.

Paraguay: Ueno Bank storm dragged Santiago Peña, dismissed, arrested and replaced

44 senators voted unanimously in favour of the President's dismissal, for his ties with the Ueno Bank, whose closure has led to an unprecedented political crisis in the country. In a quick succession, the Office of the Prosecutor ordered the arrest of Peña, the National Police carried out the measure, upon notification of his house arrest, the former President was summoned to give statements, pending an indictment, and President Pedro Alliana was sworn in his place.