Banco Central del Paraguay

Rule Changes

Intervened Ueno Bank; Pedro Acosta is interim president; former chief Carlos Carvallo has been charged and ordered held in pre-trial detention

Paraguay's Senate removed President Santiago Peña on November 6, 2026, over the collapse of Ueno Bank, and Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in the same day. Prosecutors charged Peña the next day with breach of trust and administration for personal gain, and a judge ordered him held at the Regimiento Escolta Presidencial, the presidential guard regiment.

Updated 3 days ago