# Bank collapse sinks Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña, who resigns as customers fear their savings are gone

https://mins.news/en/item/131143

- CBC News, 2026-11-05 17:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/paraguay-ueno-bank-crisis-pena-resignation-9.7410656?cmp=rss

> Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigned hours after the central bank seized Ueno Bank. The bank said it served more than 60 per cent of the country’s adults, as customers feared their savings had disappeared.

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