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Paraguay President Discharged After Falling Ill At G20

Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena is pictured before the group photo after the first session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)

Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena is pictured before the group photo after the first session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena was discharged Tuesday from a Rio hospital where he spent the night after falling ill while attending a G20 summit, the facility said. Pena, 46, was taken to the Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro as local media reported he had suffered chest pains and witnesses said he was whisked away from the summit venue by ambulance. “The head of state was discharged from hospital early in the morning,” and was free to “continue his agenda,” the hospital said in a statement. It added that doctors had ruled out heart trouble or