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Politics● Elevated3h ago · Nov 5, 2026, 4:39 PM

Santiago Peña, the young economist who promised renewal and fell amid a financial scandal

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He reached the presidency of Paraguay before turning 45, backed by former Colorado party president Horacio Cartes, who now called for his removal. He had two of the five years of the mandate for which he had been elected in 2023 left.

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