Emily Blumenthal 是《电讯报》夜间编辑部的制片人，常驻旧金山。自2024年加入该报以来，她报道了包括中东和乌克兰战争、埃普斯坦文件披露以及针对唐纳德·特朗普的暗杀未遂在内的重大国际新闻。她此前曾在CNN工作。Emily 可通过 emily.blumenthal@telegraph.co.uk 或 X @emblumenthal 联系。
Emily Blumenthal is a producer on The Telegraph’s overnight desk, based in San Francisco. Since joining the newspaper in 2024, she has covered major international stories including wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the release of the Epstein files and an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. She previously worked at CNN. Emily can be contacted at emily.blumenthal@telegraph.co.uk or on X @emblumenthal.
格林尼治标准时间凌晨4点45分 前巴拉圭总统因其在导致近半数国民账户被锁定的银行危机中的角色被指控而被逮捕。
4:45am GMT The former president of Paraguay has been arrested over accusations about his role in a banking crisis that locked almost half of the country’s nationals out of their accounts.
警方在圣地亚哥·佩尼亚（唐纳德·特朗普的盟友）被正式免职后不久，将其拘留并置于软禁。
Police detained Santiago Peña, an ally of Donald Trump, and placed him under house arrest minutes after he was formally removed from office over his alleged links to the collapse of Ueno, one of Paraguay’s largest banks.
佩尼亚先生于周四辞职，当时成千上万的抗议者走上南美国家各地的街头，要求归还他们的资金并追究前总统的责任。
Mr Peña resigned on Thursday as thousands of protesters took to the streets across the South American country to demand the return of their money and repercussions for the former president.
他是特朗普右派南美盟友中最新倒下的成员，此前弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗上月在巴西总统选举中失利。
He was the latest of Mr Trump’s Right-wing South American allies to fall after Flavio Bolsonaro lost the Brazilian presidential elections last month.
周二，巴拉圭央行接管已资不抵债的乌诺银行，导致三百万人——占人口40%以上——失去储蓄、工资和养老金。
Three million people – more than 40 per cent of the population – lost savings, wages and pensions when the Paraguayan central bank on Tuesday took control of Ueno, which had become insolvent.
随着人们在首都亚松森的银行网点排起长队试图提取资金，恐慌蔓延。
Panic took hold as long queues of people tried to withdraw their funds from the bank’s branches across Asunción, the capital.
佩尼亚辞职后，巴拉圭下议院和参议院几乎全体一致投票弹劾他并剥夺其政治豁免权。
After Mr Peña resigned, Paraguay’s lower house and senate voted nearly unanimously to impeach him and strip him of political immunity.
警方在周五晚上看守佩尼亚软禁的住所。他还被检察长立案调查，并将在周六接受包括背信、权钱交易以及与银行危机相关的挪用资金等行为的讯问。
Police guarded Mr Peña’s home where he was on house arrest on Friday night He has also been placed under investigation by the attorney general and will be questioned on Saturday for acts including breach of trust, influence peddling and misappropriation of funds related to the banking crisis.
尽管前总统呼吁和解，抗议活动周五仍在继续，示威者要求将其入狱，并庆祝其被弹劾。
Although the former president pleaded for reconciliation, protests continued on Friday, with demonstrators calling for him to be jailed as they celebrated his impeachment.
佩尼亚否认有任何不当行为。他的律师里卡多·普雷达将针对佩尼亚的指控描述为“鲁莽”和“投机取巧”。
Mr Peña has denied any wrongdoing. Ricardo Preda, his lawyer, described the allegations against Mr Peña as “reckless” and “opportunistic”.
前副总统佩德罗·阿利亚纳周五就任巴拉圭总统，并承诺帮助因乌埃诺倒闭而受影响的数百万人。
Pedro Alliana, the former vice-president, became president of Paraguay on Friday and pledged to help the millions of people affected by Ueno’s failure.
阿利亚纳表示：“因金融崩溃而正在经历困难时期的同胞们将获得全额赔偿。”
“Compatriots who are now going through a difficult time as a result of the financial collapse will be fully compensated,” Mr Alliana said.
现年52岁的保守派政治家佩德罗·阿利亚纳宣誓就任新总统。该国正在反思乌埃诺如何在短短五年内从一家小型金融科技公司转变为一家持有超过60%巴拉圭成年人资金的大型银行。
Pedro Alliana, a 52-year-old conservative politician, was sworn in as the new president The country is now reckoning with how Ueno transformed from a small fintech company into a major bank holding the funds of more than 60 per cent of Paraguayan adults within just five years.
周四，警方突击搜查了与巴斯克斯集团有关的地点，乌埃诺的控股公司即该集团，佩尼亚持有其股份直到去年。八名乌埃诺高管被捕，央行行长和内政部长因丑闻辞职。
On Thursday police raided locations linked to Grupo Vázquez, Ueno’s holding company, in which Mr Peña had a stake until last year . Eight Ueno executives were arrested, and both the central bank president and interior minister resigned over the scandal.
银行行长胡安·古斯塔莱的律师表示，其当事人从未参与负责授权数百万美元贷款的委员会，也不知情向与银行有关联的公司授予的优惠条件。
A lawyer for Juan Gustale, president of the bank, said his client never participated in the committee responsible for authorising multimillion-dollar loans and was unaware of concessions granted to companies linked to the bank.
央行已开始分阶段向部分存款人偿还资金，一位央行官员告诉法新社，对于没有贷款且在另一家机构有账户的人，最高可偿还1600美元（约合1200英镑）。
The central bank has begun a phased repayment of funds to some depositors, with up to $1600 (£1200) going to people who do not have loans and have an account at another institution, an official with the central bank told AFP.
美国驻巴拉圭大使馆周五表示“对巴拉圭人民表示团结”，但未提及前总统。
The US embassy in Paraguay expressed “its solidarity with the Paraguayan people” on Friday, but did not mention the former president.