Tag: Santiago Peña

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Paraguay swears in Alliana after Senate removes Peña over bank collapse

File photo: Pedro Alliana with Marco Rubio; file photo, not the swearing-in / Freddie Everett / U.S. Department of State / public domain; resized and letterboxed / Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_Rubio_Meets_with_Paraguayan_Vice_President_(55441608552).jpg

NEW Politics · 06:11

Paraguay swears in Alliana after Senate removes Peña over bank collapse

Paraguay’s Senate removed President Santiago Peña on 6 November over the Ueno Bank collapse; Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in, and prosecutors placed Peña under house arrest, according to AFP, AP and the Senate.

Source: AFP; AP; Senado Paraguay

Paraguay’s Peña resigns over ueno bank collapse; lower house impeaches him minutes later

Video still: Santiago Peña resignation address on X, 5 Nov 2026 (via @visegrad24 circulate) / Original: Santiago Peña

BREAKING Politics · 20:06

Paraguay’s Peña resigns over ueno bank collapse; lower house impeaches him minutes later

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña announced his resignation on Thursday in a video posted on X, amid the collapse of digital lender ueno bank. Minutes later the Chamber of Deputies voted 78-0 to impeach him. Vice President Pedro Alliana is expected to succeed him; the Senate still has to act.

Source: AP; BBC News; ABC Color; El País; CNN Español; Santiago Peña (resignation video on X)