Paraguay's ousted president charged with crimes linked to collapse of major bank

Summary by The San Antonio Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Associated Press, as published by KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate) · November 7, 2026 · 1 min read

Prosecutors in Paraguay on Saturday charged recently deposed former President Santiago Peña with two crimes linked to the collapse of a major bank that has jeopardized the savings of hundreds of thousands of account holders and unleashed the nation's biggest political crisis in a decade. In a pre...

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