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Bank Collapse Topples a President and Trump Ally in Paraguay

Bloomberg Politics5 November 2026, 16:01 UTCParaguay

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña stepped down Thursday after the collapse of a major commercial bank with ties to his government plunged the South American nation into financial and social turmoil.

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