Paraguay's president Pena impeached after resigning over banking scandal
Paraguay’s Senate on Friday started an impeachment trial against President Santiago Peña after a bank linked to him blocked millions of people – including pensioners – from accessing their money. Peña attempted to resign over the scandal on Thursday and then on Friday requested to delay the trial by three days, both of which were denied by the government. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Paraguay's Senate on Friday rejected President Santiago Peña's bid to delay his impeachment trial over a banking scandal that has seen millions of people temporarily lose access to their deposits.
