ASUNCION, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress appointed economist Jorge Schreiner as central bank chief on Monday, following a political and economic crisis triggered by the intervention and collapse of digital bank ueno.
Schreiner was nominated by newly appointed President Pedro Alliana to head the bank earlier on Monday, following Friday’s removal of former central bank chief Carlos Carvallo, who has been charged by prosecutors over alleged ties to lender ueno and placed in pretrial detention.
(Reporting by Daniela Desantis, Editing by Natalia Siniawski)
