Paraguay’s Senate has voted to remove President Fernando Lugo from office in an impeachment trial, and the former priest said he would leave even though he considered his ouster as a blow to democracy.

Paul McCartney has turned down the offer for a presidential tour of Paraguay's government palace in the capital of Asuncion.

Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay’s presidential election today, ending more than six decades of one-party rule with a mandate to help the nation’s poor and indigenous.