Paraguay president ousted and placed under house arrest, successor sworn in

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Paraguay’s Senate unanimously voted to oust President Santiago Peña, citing questions about his past links to the failed digital bank ueno. Peña was placed under house arrest, and a successor was sworn in.

Santiago Peña was ousted from the presidency about an hour beforehand in a unanimous Senate vote, with lawmakers citing questions over his past links to the collapsed digital bank ueno that had provided accounts for nearly half of Paraguay's population.