Paraguay's Senate removes President Peña; he faces charges under house arrest

elciudadano.com (Spanish) —

Paraguay's Senate removed President Santiago Peña from office on Friday, November 6, finding him guilty of "poor performance of duties" in an impeachment trial he did not attend. He is now under house arrest in Asunción. The impeachment followed the Central Bank's intervention in ueno bank over solvency issues, with accusers alleging the loss of $1.2 billion and calling Peña "the biggest embezzler in history." Peña had resigned on Thursday, but Congress lacked quorum to process it, allowing the Senate to proceed. Peña is scheduled to testify before prosecutors on Saturday as a suspect in an investigation into breach of trust and influence peddling. Vice President Pedro Alliana has assumed the presidency, and thousands of citizens celebrated the removal in Asunción.


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