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A Country’s President Led to a Bank’s Stunning Rise, and Its Fall

Prosecutors accused President Santiago Peña of Paraguay of funneling nearly a billion dollars of government funds to the Ueno bank as its executives made reckless insider loans.

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Protesters gathered outside the home of Santiago Peña, the president of Paraguay, in Asunción, the country’s capital, on Friday.
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