Several thousand people demonstrated Thursday evening near the Paraguayan Parliament in Asuncion, demanding the condemnation of President Santiago Peña, who announced his resignation during the day amid a banking crisis affecting millions of savers.
Approximately 5,000 people, according to police estimates, the majority of whom were young, gathered, some sitting, holding signs or chanting hostile slogans against the president such as "Santi, trash, we want your head!".
In Parliament at the same time, a new extraordinary session, the third of the day, was underway to establish the impeachment trial of Santiago Peña. It is set to begin on Friday, led by the Senate.
