After Peña: Paraguay’s Democracy Faces Test as Alliana Takes Power
ASUNCIÓN — Paraguay watched its largest digital bank, Ueno Bank, collapse, saw President Santiago Peña resign and then be removed by a unanimous Senate vote, and saw a judge order him held in pretrial detention.
Vice President Pedro Alliana, a longtime ally of Colorado Party leader Horacio Cartes, now serves out the term through August 2028, keeping most of Peña’s ministers and his foreign policy.
We examines whether the episode strengthens Paraguayan democracy or just reshuffles a party that has dominated the country for decades, weighing the speed of the process, the open investigations touching Alliana and the frozen public funds at Ueno against a 2027 primary season and the 2028 election.
Venezuela’s New Foreign Minister Promises Elections Open to All Parties, But Sets No Date
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Oliver Blanco said all political forces will be able to run in the country’s next elections and that every sector must accept the result, but he declined to set a date, saying it is not his place to do so.
Blanco tied the vote to institutional changes, including a new Supreme Court (TSJ) by year’s end and a “trustworthy” National Electoral Council (CNE), and said the democratic transformation began in January and cited an amnesty law that he said has benefited more than 9,000 people.
Information is based on Blanco’s first interview with El Mundo after his October 29 appointment by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, referring to his brief November 2 meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and includes skepticism from Hispanidad, which reports more than 400 political prisoners remain jailed.\
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