Explained: Paraguay’s Peña loses top aides as impeachment trial resumes over failed bank

Top aides to President Santiago Peña resigned as the Senate resumed an impeachment trial Friday that could remove him from office

impeachment trial

A legislative process to formally charge and potentially remove a sitting official from office

pretrial detention

Holding a person in custody before their trial takes place

parliamentary immunity

Legal protection for lawmakers that can shield them from certain types of prosecution

central bank

The national institution that regulates a country's banks and money supply

Colorado Party

Paraguay's long-ruling conservative political party