Paraguay's President Santiago Peña Impeached and Arrested Amid Banking Crisis

11/07/2026

Paraguay's impeached President Santiago Pena was placed under house arrest on Friday, just days after he was ousted from office.

11/07/2026

Santiago Peña was impeached, removed from office and placed under house arrest after a bank with close ties to his administration went under.

11/07/2026

Lawmakers accused Pena of using his political influence to steer hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds into Ueno while regulators overlooked risky insider lending. Pena has denied...

11/07/2026

Paraguayan officials put former President Santiago Pena under house arrest on Friday, shortly after lawmakers impeached him amid a political and financial crisis triggered by the collapse of...

11/07/2026

Santiago Peña was detained minutes after he was impeached by Congress, as protesters took to the streets demanding answers after the suspension of the Ueno bankParaguay’s rightwing president has...

11/06/2026

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena was placed under house arrest on Friday on suspicion of breach of trust, shortly after the Senate removed him from office over the collapse of a major bank tied...

11/06/2026

Ousted Paraguayan president Santiago Peña was placed under house arrest Friday on suspicion of breach of trust and influence peddling, among other charges, shortly after the Senate removed him...

11/06/2026

ASUNCION, ⁠Nov ⁠6 (Reuters) - ⁠Paraguay's prosecutor's office ‌sent ‌an ⁠arrest ⁠warrant for former President ⁠Santiago ⁠Peña ⁠on Friday, shortly after he ⁠was ⁠impeached by ⁠lawmakers. (Reporting...

11/06/2026

Paraguay’s Santiago Pena has been ousted over a massive banking scandal that left nearly three million people without access to their savings Paraguay’s former President Santiago Pena, a close...

11/07/2026

Santiago Pena had offered his resignation over the disaster, but lawmakers pressed ahead with impeachment proceedings that would strip him of immunity granted to former Presidents

11/07/2026

The vote came despite Pena submitting his resignation a day earlier. Lawmakers pressed ahead with impeachment proceedings.

11/07/2026

Paraguay's Senate on Friday impeached President Santiago Pena over a banking crisis that left millions of people unable to access their deposits.

11/06/2026

ASUNCION, Nov ⁠6 (Reuters) - ⁠Paraguay's ⁠Senate on Friday voted ‌to remove President ‌Santiago ⁠Peña ⁠from office over his connection to the collapse of local ⁠bank ueno, which ⁠sparked ⁠a...

11/06/2026

The Senate's decision will determine whether Peña is formally removed through impeachment or whether his resignation is accepted and Vice President Pedro Alliana takes over.

11/06/2026

Lawmakers are pursuing impeachment against Santiago Pena to deny him immunity from prosecution Paraguayan President Santiago Pena and his associates were behind a massive Ponzi scheme that led to...

11/05/2026

Paraguayan lawmakers voted to impeach President Santiago Peña minutes after his resignation, as the collapse of a digital bank tied to his government froze millions of people's savings.(Image...

11/07/2026

Alliana was sworn in shortly after the Senate voted unanimously to remove Pena from office over the collapse of Ueno Bank.

11/07/2026

Paraguay's Alliana sworn in as President as ousted Pena placed under house arrest

11/07/2026

Paraguayan senators on Friday appointed Vice President Pedro Alliana to lead the country after voting to impeach his predecessor Santiago Pena over a massive banking crisis.

11/06/2026

Paraguay swears in new president as Pena is put under house arrest after digital bank collapse triggers crisis.

11/06/2026

ASUNCION, ⁠Nov ⁠6 (Reuters) - ⁠Paraguayan lawmakers swore ‌in ‌former ⁠Vice President Pedro ⁠Alliana to lead the country ⁠on ⁠Friday, ⁠quickly replacing President Santiago Peña after ⁠his...

11/06/2026

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña failed to appear at his impeachment trial following a scandal surrounding a collapsed bank

11/06/2026

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena failed to appear for his impeachment trial in the Senate on Friday despite vowing to defend himself in person, as lawmakers moved toward a verdict that could...

11/06/2026

Paraguay's Senate launched an extraordinary meeting as part of impeachment proceedings against President Santiago Peña on Friday,

11/06/2026

Paraguay's Senate went ahead with an extraordinary meeting on Friday to decide on the future of President Santiago Peña, who had submitted his

11/06/2026

ASUNCION, Nov ⁠6 (Reuters) - ⁠Paraguay's ⁠Senate went ahead with an extraordinary ‌meeting on ‌Friday ⁠to ⁠decide on the future of President Santiago Peña, who had submitted his ⁠resignation the...

11/06/2026

"I have requested a 72-hour extension to prepare my defense," Santiago Pena wrote on X, adding that he had been served with a 15-page indictment

11/06/2026

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña submitted his resignation on Thursday, but Congress put it on hold as impeachment proceedings against him move forward. Peña is facing impeachment over a banking...

11/06/2026

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

11/06/2026

Santiago Pena's resignation came after days of protests and growing pressure from opposition lawmakers, who had sought to begin impeachment proceedings against him.

11/06/2026

Santiago Peña’s rightwing administration had authorised Ueno Bank to drastically expand operations before collapseParaguay’s rightwing president, Santiago Peña, resigned on Thursday after a...

11/06/2026

Paraguayan lawmakers have refused to accept the President's resignation, leaving open the possibility that he could lose his legal immunity and face prosecution.

11/06/2026

TAIPEI, Nov 6 - Taiwan said on Friday its ties of friendship with Paraguay have not been affected by events in the South American nation, after close ally President Santiago Peña resigned...

11/05/2026

The move follows a bank collapse and after the lower house of congress voted in favour of pursuing an impeachment trial against him.

11/05/2026

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena is under criminal investigation following the collapse of a major digital bank, prosecutors have announced, as the South American leader prepares to defend...

11/05/2026

Paraguay’s Santiago Pena was a close ally of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Paraguayan President Santiago Pena has resigned after the collapse of a major...

11/05/2026

Santiago Peña’s downfall rattled a fast-growing South American economy that has attracted investors and forged close ties with the U.S.

11/05/2026

Santiago Peña faced rising ire after the collapse of a bank to which he had been connected.

11/05/2026

The political crisis intensified after lawmakers raised allegations of financial misconduct and the central bank intervened in the troubled lender

11/05/2026

The collapse of digital lender ueno, with which Peña had former business links, triggered protests, an investigation into bank executives and calls for his impeachment

11/05/2026

Paraguay's opposition has sought President Santiago Pena's removal over the Central Bank takeover of Ueno Bank, which has left millions of depositors unable to access their money.