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Paraguay Senate impeaches president over banking crisis
ASUNCION, Paraguay—Senators in Paraguay voted to impeach President Santiago Peña on Friday over the collapse of a major bank that locked almost half the population out of their accounts and triggered widespread protests. Peña had offered his resignation over the disaster, but lawmakers pressed ahead with impeachment proceedings that would strip him of immunity granted to former presidents. He did not attend the trial in the Senate despite earlier pledging to defend himself. The president “is declared guilty of poor performance in his duties,” Senate President Basilio Nuñez declared after a vote of 44 in favor of impeachment and one absence out […]...Keep on reading: Paraguay Senate impeaches president over banking crisis
ASUNCION, Paraguay—Senators in Paraguay voted to impeach President Santiago Peña on Friday over the collapse of a major bank that locked almost half the population out of their accounts and triggered widespread protests. Peña had offered his resignation over the disaster, but lawmakers pressed ahead with impeachment proceedings that would strip him of immunity granted to former presidents. He did not attend the trial in the Senate despite earlier pledging to defend himself. The president “is declared guilty of poor performance in his duties,” Senate President Basilio Nuñez declared after a vote of 44 in favor of impeachment and one absence out […]...
Keep on reading: Paraguay Senate impeaches president over banking crisis
Keep on reading: Paraguay Senate impeaches president over banking crisis
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