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Today marks 20 years of a “general” strike here in Paraguay, mainly led by union leaders rallying the teachers and farmers, and human rights groups and students rallying themselves. The sad thing is that a lot of the striking working-class posse aren't thoroughly informed as to why they’re shutting down traffic, but instigated to participate based on propaganda fe...