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Nov 8, 2026
BKHOST
He has been sworn in as interim president until Paraguay holds elections in 2028.
BKHOST
So he donned, did, Pedro Ayanna, the presidential sash, and he promised to be firm with those that, quote, try to rob the future, you see, end quote, of Paraguayans.
BKHOST
Up until now, Paraguay has been considered kind of a model of good economic behavior in South America.
BKHOST
So this could threaten that image.
Charles HaverlandHOST
President Trump replaces his Chief of Staff, days after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections.
Charles HaverlandHOST
And Paraguayans celebrate as President Santiago Peña is impeached and arrested.
Charles HaverlandHOST
Also in this podcast, the Oscar-winning Israeli filmmaker Guy Nativ speaks to the BBC.
Charles HaverlandHOST
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Charles HaverlandHOST
Vice President Pedro Aliana has already been sworn in as the country's new leader, promising not to abandon the millions of people who've lost access to their savings after the collapse of a digital bank with which Mr Peña has ties.
Charles HaverlandHOST
Our Latin America correspondent, Will Grant, spoke to my colleague, Helena Humphrey.
Will GrantCORRESPONDENT
A real late-night political drama in Asunción, to have the president basically go from impeachment process to arrested shortly thereafter, has been shocking for many Paraguayans.
Will GrantCORRESPONDENT
He was impeached, including by members of his own party, the Colorado Party.
Jasmina CunhaGUEST
And during Peña and Carvalho's administration, the bank saw an exponential rise.
Owen Bennett-JonesHOST
One of the crucial things is whether there is enough money in the bank to pay out the millions of Paraguayans who've got accounts there and are unable to access their money.
Owen Bennett-JonesHOST
I mean, are you one of them, by the way?
Jasmina CunhaGUEST
No, I'm not one of them.
Sebastián AchaGUEST
People are very hungry here in Paraguay.
Sebastián AchaGUEST
You can imagine two or three Paraguayans had an account, a bank account in this new bank and put the little money and the little saves of monthly and people who are leaving by a week.
Sebastián AchaGUEST
$100, $200.
Sebastián AchaGUEST
That's very difficult for many people in Paraguay.
ThreadguyHOST
He oversaw the creation of a digital bank called Unobank, which the government heavily promoted.
ThreadguyHOST
Two-thirds of Paraguayans used the bank.
ThreadguyHOST
It turns out to be a massive scheme.
ThreadguyHOST
The bank gave out many fraudulent loans.
James AndersonHOST
An estimated $2.8 billion in fiat U.S. dollar equivalents allegedly held up from this once fast-growing bank.
James AndersonHOST
The disgraced Paraguayan President Peña resigned yesterday, and today both he and former central bank president have detention orders against him for an alleged breach of trust and related offenses tied to this Ueno bank collapse.
James AndersonHOST
Around 27 people, eight of them bank directors and some 19 others linked to related companies that received questionable loans have been charged or imputed by Paraguayan authorities to date.
James AndersonHOST
Here's a short synopsis further on the situation there this week.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Monday night, 3 million people in Paraguay go to bed with money in the bank.
Ben PerrinHOST
Yeah, Paraguay's president resigns after bank holding savings for half the country's population collapses.
Ben PerrinHOST
And here we see some live footage of Paraguayans dragging politicians out of Congress.
Ben PerrinHOST
Again, anger mounting.
Ben PerrinHOST
There's been a ton of footage around all the craziness in Paraguay.
DustinHOST
Una Buena Idea is the name of the track.
DustinHOST
So let's get to it from this Paraguayan.
DustinHOST
Hopefully I got that right.
DustinHOST
Band out of Paraguay.
Non ArkaraprasertkulHOST
It consolidated under that brand in 2023.
Non ArkaraprasertkulHOST
Before the collapse, it claimed more than a million Paraguayans had opened their first ever bank account there.
Non ArkaraprasertkulHOST
Al Jazeera says $800 million in public money had fueled its growth.
Non ArkaraprasertkulHOST
Suddenly, those customers lost access to their accounts and their pension payments.
John BickleyHOST
Contributor Tim Pearce says more.
Tim RiceCORRESPONDENT
Bueno Bank counted more than 60% of Paraguayans as customers before a collapse this week.
Tim RiceCORRESPONDENT
The bank had rocketed to the top of Paraguay's financial sector only receiving its banking license in 2023, shortly after President Santiago Peña's election.
Tim RiceCORRESPONDENT
But the bank's success came with increased scrutiny from regulators and critics suspicious of its lending practices.
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