‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke
<p>Santiago Peña charged over alleged role in crisis as prosecutors request he be placed in preventive custody</p><p>Pedro Volpe had just woken up last Tuesday when he saw a message from a friend asking whether his bank account was down too.</p><p>It was a day after payday, and Volpe, 50, a writer and lawyer, opened his banking app and panicked: he could not even see his balance.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/07/paraguay-ueno-bank-collapse-santiago-pena">Continue reading...</a>
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