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Why was Paraguayan President Santiago Peña impeached and placed under house arrest? All about the case and its fallout

Why was Paraguayan President Santiago Peña impeached and placed under house arrest? All about the case and its fallout

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Paraguay’s Senate on Friday voted overwhelmingly to impeach President Santiago Peña for misconduct in office after a banking crisis that froze millions of people’s savings and left them unable to access deposits. The crisis triggered a dramatic four‑day political collapse, and Peña was subsequently placed under house arrest.

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  • left · 1 outlet

    Thousands of Paraguayans gathered outside Congress on Thursday (November 5, 2026) to protest against the President

    — The Hindu

  • center · 3 outlets

    Paraguay's Senate has removed President Santiago Peña over allegations linked to the collapse of Ueno Bank.

    — Hindustan Times

  • right · 4 outlets

    Reported by : Srinivas Mazumdaru | Richard Connor with AFP, dpa, EFE, Reuters Paraguay's Senate on Friday impeached President Santiago Pena over a banking crisis that left millions of people unable to access their deposits. Senators voted overwhelmingly to remove Pena for misconduct in office. The…

    — ABP Live

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Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was ousted by the Senate over the collapse of a government-linked bank that locked nearly half the country’s 6 million people out of their savings, reports claimed.

Coverage arrived over 28 hours — first from The Hindu, latest from ABP Live.

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Why was Paraguayan President Santiago Peña impeached and placed under house arrest? All about the case and its fallout

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was ousted by the Senate over the collapse of a government-linked bank that locked nearly half the country’s 6 million people out of their savings, reports claimed.

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Paraguay President Santiago Peña’s stunning fall: The bank crisis that changed everything

A banking crisis that froze millions of people’s savings has brought down Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña in a dramatic four-day political collapse. What began with the intervention of Ueno Bank quickly turned into one of the biggest political crises in Paraguay’s recent history, ending with…

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