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Paraguay's president is impeached minutes after resigning following a bank collapse

NPR News5 November 2026, 18:30 UTCParaguay

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.

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