Pedro Alliana was sworn in as Paraguay’s president on Friday, following the impeachment and removal of former President Santiago Peña. Alliana, who had served as vice‑president, took the oath in an extraordinary session of Congress in which President of the Congress Basilio Núñez presented him with the presidential sash and baton. In his first address to the nation, Alliana pledged to fully compensate those affected by the financial collapse that followed the closure of Ueno
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