Hundreds of Paraguayans opposed to the government block a major highway in Caacupe, 60 kilometers east of Asuncion, July 15, 2002. The government decreed a state of emergency, suspending some civil rights, after riots broke out when police tried to clear highway roadblocks set up by demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. (PARAGUAY OUT) REUTERS/str
A supporter of former Gen. Lino Cesar Oviedo is struck by a riot police officer, in Ita, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, July 15, 2002. Protesters, many supporters of Oviedo, blocked the main routes of the country requesting by the resignation of the Paraguayan President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. (AP Photo/Enrique Zarza)
Mounted police patrol the streets of Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, July 15, 2002. Protesters, many supporters of former army chief Lino Oviedo, blocked the main routes of the country requesting the resignation of the Paraguayan President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
Paraguayan riot policemen chase after anti-government protesters near the Congress in Asuncion, July 15, 2002. The government decreed a state of emergency, suspending some civil rights, after riots broke out when police tried to clear highway roadblocks set up by demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. (Reuters)
A police officer run through tear gas in front of the Parliament Building Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, July 15, 2002. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters Monday during nationwide demonstrations calling for the ouster of Paraguayan President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
Paraguayan riot police walk through their own cloud of tear gas while breaking up an anti-government demonstration in front of Congress in Asuncion, July 15, 2002. The government decreed a state of emergency, suspending some civil rights, after riots broke out when police tried to clear roadblocks set up by demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. PARAGUAY OUT REUTERS/Str
Paraguayan riot police get ready to clear burning barricades placed by anti-government demonstrators along a major highway in Caacupe, east of Asuncion, July 15, 2002. Paraguay's president decreed a state of emergency, suspending some civil rights after at least four people were shot and seriously injured in spiraling nationwide protests against President Luis Gonzalez Macchi economic policies. (Reuters)
Paraguayan riot policemen arrest an anti-government demonstrator helping to block a highway in Caacupe, 60 kilometers east of Asuncion, July 15, 2002. The government decreed a state of emergency, suspending some civil rights, after riots broke out when police tried to clear roadblocks set up by demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Luis Gonzalez Macchi. PARAGUAY OUT REUTERS/Str