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Politics● Elevated21m ago · Nov 13, 2026, 9:02 PM

Banking scandal in Paraguay: ex-president Peña prosecuted for 'criminal association'

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFI [fr] · France · South America

The Paraguayan prosecutor's office on Friday, November 13, expanded proceedings against former president Santiago Peña to 'criminal association', identifying him as 'head of the structure' that 'subordinated the financial system' to the interests of Ueno bank, at the heart of a banking and then political crisis.

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