Former Paraguayan Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in as president Friday to serve out the term of his predecessor, Santiago Peña, who was impeached earlier the same day for misconduct in office.

Paraguay's former President Santiago Peña has been taken to the attorney general’s office for questioning.

Paraguayan authorities placed ousted president Santiago Peña under house arrest on Friday, shortly after the Senate unanimously removed him from office over a massive banking crisis that locked nearly…

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.

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.

Paraguay's Senate unanimously impeached Santiago Peña after the collapse of Ueno Bank. The scandal has frozen savings, fuelled protests and widened a criminal investigation.