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A banking scandal that left almost half Paraguay’s population without access to their savings prompted President Santiago Pena to resign and thousands to take to the streets in angry protest Thursday.
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thousands → leave → protest
Congress put Pena’s resignation on hold while the impeachment process moves forwards, which means he will remain in office provisionally.
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he → put → office
The Central Bank’s seizure of the Pena-linked Ueno Bank two days earlier froze the deposits of some three million people, including pensioners, and sparked angry demonstrations across the country.
Thousands of Paraguayans gathered outside Congress on Thursday to protest against the president, who is still technically in power.
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who → link → power
“Give back the money,” AFP journalists heard them yelling.
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them → give → money
Earlier demonstrations featured clashes with the police, who used tear gas and water cannons on the crowd.
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who → feature → crowd
“My family ran out of money, we don’t have any cash.
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we → run → cash
Santi (Pena) is a criminal, he has to go to jail,” 21-year-old student protester Andres Maldonado told AFP.
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Maldonado → have → AFP
Lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to launch impeachment proceedings against Pena over the crisis, alleging misconduct and a conflict of interest in dealings with the bank to which he is tied.
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he → vote → which
The right-wing president said he would attend his impeachment trial, which is set to begin Friday, after earlier apologizing to the people of Paraguay.
“It was never my intention to betray the trust you placed in me,” he said in a video posted on X announcing his resignation.
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he → say → resignation
Pena’s priority, he added, is “the peace of mind of Paraguayans who entrusted their savings to our financial system.”
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who → add → system
Pena’s Interior Minister Enrique Riera also resigned Thursday, according to a decree published in local media, with Carlos Benitez appointed to replace him in the interim.
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Benitez → resign → interim
Paraguay’s Central Bank said it took over Ueno due to a severe capital shortfall, in order to “protect depositors and preserve the stability of the financial system.”
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it → say → system
“Ueno approved a loan for us to buy our first house.
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But the funds were never disbursed, and now we have nowhere to live,” 26-year-old Nadia Gonzalez, a mother of three, told AFP.
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Gonzalez → disburse → AFP
Long lines of people trying to withdraw their money from Ueno branches snaked down the streets of the capital, Asuncion on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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lines → try → Tuesday
Pena owned shares in a group that controlled the bank, but he sold them last year.
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he → own → them
He had attempted to ease tensions by requesting the resignation of Central Bank president Carlos Carvallo, who consented, and setting a five-day limit for the return of funds.
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who → attempt → funds
Neither measure proved sufficient.
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measure → prove → ?
Congress called an extraordinary session of both chambers Thursday to decide whether to accept Pena’s resignation or reject it and proceed with the impeachment process.
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Congress → call → process
But the session failed to reach a quorum, so the vote did not go ahead.
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vote → fail → quorum
A later extraordinary session scheduled the impeachment trial to begin on Friday morning.
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trial → schedule → morning
“A criminal scheme has been set up here that has dedicated itself to draining a bank, under the protection of institutions he controlled as president of the republic,” opposition lawmaker Raul Benitez stated.
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Benitez → set → republic
The aim is to conclude the trial on Friday as a way to “reassure the public,” ruling party Senator Derlis Maidana told reporters.
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Maidana → conclude → reporters
Vice President Pedro Alliana is set to take over as leader of the South American nation.
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Alliana → set → nation
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