#Paraguay

The Banco Central del Paraguay building in Asunción, pictured in 2009.

Paraguay wraps up emergency payouts to ueno bank customers, with a guarantee covering 27% of deposits

Pedro Alliana, then vice president of Paraguay, during a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington in August 2025.

Paraguay crisis

Santiago Peña stays in pretrial detention as Alliana's government pays out 1,196,000 Ueno depositors

Santiago Peña, then president of Paraguay, during an official visit to Taiwan in May 2026.

Paraguay's prosecutors order the arrest of Santiago Peña hours after the Senate removed him

Santiago Peña at a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington in January 2025.

Paraguay crisis

Paraguay's Senate removes President Santiago Peña by 44 votes, and Vice-President Pedro Alliana takes over

Paraguay's president, Santiago Peña, in an official portrait taken during his visit to Taiwan in May 2026.

Crisis in Paraguay

Paraguay's Senate sits as a court and hears Santiago Peña's defense on Friday

The National Congress building in Asunción, home to the Chamber of Deputies now weighing the impeachment request.

Paraguay's lower house takes up the impeachment of President Santiago Peña over the collapse of ueno bank