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Paraguay's Senate denies Peña more time as Brazil weighs fallout

The report examines the banking crisis behind the impeachment proceedings and Brazil's concerns over residents, trade and border security.

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3:14Taddeo reports that lawmakers rejected extra defense time and that Peña's attempted resignation had not been accepted.
7:07The report links the impeachment crisis to Ueno Bank and financial investigations involving Peña.
9:39Falcão examines warnings that bank liquidation could consume more than half of Paraguay's deposit-guarantee fund.
10:38Mega highlights Brazilian residents' uncertainty before examining economic ties, Itaipu and border security.
16:38Rosito reports Brazilian government hopes for closer Mercosur cooperation following Peña's possible removal.
18:53Falcão reads a US Embassy statement calling for peace and respect for Paraguay's democratic institutions.

The potential cost of Paraguay's banking crisis, including pressure on its deposit-guarantee fund and uncertainty for Brazilian residents, runs through Brazil's CNN Brasil report on the Senate's refusal to give Santiago Peña more time to defend himself against impeachment.

In the November 6 edition of Bastidores CNN, presenter Tainá Falcão and correspondent Luciana Taddeo describe lawmakers rejecting Peña's request for a further 72 hours. Taddeo reports that the lower house had unanimously approved moving ahead with impeachment and that senators then voted overwhelmingly against the extension.

His attempted resignation had not been accepted, the report says. Taddeo explains the significance of that alternative: resignation would preserve the lifetime Senate position available to former Paraguayan presidents.

The broadcast connects the proceedings to the crisis at Ueno Bank and financial investigations involving Peña. It reports that the bank's liquidation could consume more than half of Paraguay's deposit-guarantee fund, bringing the political confrontation into the lives of depositors. These are the broadcaster's accounts of the investigations, not findings of criminal guilt.

Analyst Isabel Mega turns to Brazil's exposure, highlighting roughly 300,000 Brazilians living in Paraguay. She and Falcão also examine economic ties, border security and the Itaipu treaty. Itaipu is the hydroelectric project shared by the two countries, making it an important part of their relationship beyond the immediate political crisis.

Reporter Carol Rosito says President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government had avoided an official public response at that stage. Her reporting nevertheless points to hopes within the government for closer cooperation with Paraguay through Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, following the possible removal of Peña, whom the broadcast describes as aligned with Donald Trump.

In subsequent coverage, the broadcaster reports that Peña was removed, detained and succeeded by Vice President Pedro Alliana. This earlier program captures the procedural decisions before that outcome, ending its Paraguay coverage with a US Embassy statement calling for peace and respect for democratic institutions.