{
  "id": 18320605,
  "title": "Paraguay Ueno Bank crisis: Lower House votes on Peña’s impeachment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/paraguay-ueno-bank-crisis-lower-house-votes-on-penas-impeachment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T14:36:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Buenos Aires Herald",
    "slug": "buenos-aires-herald",
    "url": "https://buenosairesherald.com/world/paraguay-ueno-bank-crisis-lower-house-votes-on-penas-impeachment"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paraguay's Lower House is set to vote on Thursday whether to impeach President Santiago Peña over a financial crisis stemming from the Central Bank's suspension of Ueno Bank's operations. The move comes after opposition members and dissidents from the ruling Colorado Party filed the impeachment request due to Peña's \"poor performance of his duties while in office\" and accusations of a \"conflict of interest.\" The Ueno Bank scandal has left nearly 3 million customers unable to access their deposits, affecting both individuals and government entities. Peña, who took office in 2023 and is set to remain in power until 2028, had previously held shares in a group controlling Ueno Bank, which he sold in 2025, and appointed former Ueno executive Carlos Carvallo as head of the Central Bank. The impeachment request, supported by more than two thirds of present deputies, requires at least 30 votes in the 45-member Senate to remove Peña and Vice President Pedro Alliana from office.",
  "summary": "Deputies are expected to approve the impeachment request after the closure of the country’s biggest digital bank La entrada Paraguay Ueno Bank crisis: Lower House votes on Peña’s impeachment se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .",
  "key_points": [
    "Paraguay's Lower House to vote on Peña's impeachment on Thursday",
    "Ueno Bank crisis affects 3 million customers' deposits",
    "Peña appointed former Ueno executive as Central Bank head"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/18320605.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Ueno Bank liquidation triggers Paraguay political turmoil and impeachment move against Peña",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/ueno-bank-liquidation-triggers-paraguay-political-turmoil-and",
        "published": "2026-11-05T14:38:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Paraguay's President Santiago Pena resigns amid a bank crisis that froze millions of customers' accounts and sparked protests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/paraguays-president-santiago-pena-resigns-amid-a-bank-crisis-that",
        "published": "2026-11-05T16:28:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "‘Lost my life savings’: Paraguay banking crisis triggers protests as millions locked out of accounts; President resigns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/lost-my-life-savings-paraguay-banking-crisis-triggers-protests-as",
        "published": "2026-11-05T16:53:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Bank collapse sinks Paraguay's President Santiago Peña, who resigns as customers fear their savings are gone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/bank-collapse-sinks-paraguays-president-santiago-pena-who-resigns-as",
        "published": "2026-11-05T17:29:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Ueno Bank Collapse: How a solvency crisis froze savings for half of Paraguay",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/ueno-bank-collapse-how-a-solvency-crisis-froze-savings-for-half-of",
        "published": "2026-11-05T17:58:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Paraguay’s president quits after millions of people’s savings frozen in bank crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/paraguays-president-quits-after-millions-of-peoples-savings-frozen-in",
        "published": "2026-11-05T18:48:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}