Paraguay president ousted and placed under house arrest, successor sworn in
Full story
Santiago Peña was removed from the presidency following a unanimous Senate vote. Lawmakers cited concerns regarding his previous ties to a digital bank called ueno. This bank collapsed after having provided accounts for nearly half of the population of Paraguay. A successor has since been sworn in, and the former president is under house arrest.
Santiago Peña was ousted from the presidency about an hour beforehand in a unanimous Senate vote, with lawmakers citing questions over his past links to the collapsed digital bank ueno that had provided accounts for nearly half of Paraguay's population.