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“They all must go”: Peña’s removal fails to calm anger on Paraguay’s streets

Mercopress7 November 2026, 02:50 UTCParaguay

Thousands of Paraguayans celebrated in Asunción on Friday as the Senate removed President Santiago Peña from office, but the joy turned almost immediately to anger among those who wanted a complete change of government. “Out with them all,” hundreds of protesters chanted outside Congress as Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in as the new head of state.

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