Paraguay President Removed Amid Ueno Bank Collapse, Faces Charges
Sourced from 6 publications
- •Paraguay's ex-President Santiago Peña was impeached and placed under house arrest over Ueno Bank's collapse.
- •The bank's failure left nearly three million customers without access to their savings.
- •Pedro Alliana is sworn in as Paraguay's new president, pledging to secure pension payments.
- •Peña faces criminal charges, including breach of trust, related to the banking scandal.
- •Former Central Bank chief Carlos Carvallo is also implicated in the ongoing investigation.
Sources
Paraguay pledges pension payments after Ueno Bank collapse
Thestar
Paraguay’s ousted president appears before prosecutors after impeachment
Al Jazeera
Paraguay’s ousted president charged over banking scandal
Al Jazeera
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PBS NewsHour
Banking scandal topples Paraguay leader
France24
‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves m...
The Guardian
Pedro Alliana sworn in as Paraguay president after Santiago Peña's impeachment
Euronews
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