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Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:56:00 GMTPeña says he will face his impeachment trial as Argentina denies he has entered the country
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced on Thursday night that he will appear before the Senate to defend himself in the impeachment trial against him, after Congress failed for lack of a quorum to consider the resignatio...
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:12:00 GMTParaguay’s Santiago Peña tenders his resignation, but Congress presses ahead with impeachment
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña tendered his resignation on Thursday, cornered by the collapse of Ueno Bank, but minutes later the Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted to impeach him, in an attempt to prevent him from taki...
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:27:00 GMTParaguay takes over Ueno Bank, with 3 million customers, and freezes its deposits
Paraguay’s Central Bank on Tuesday took over Ueno Bank, one of the country’s largest banks, after its solvency ratio fell below 50% of the legal minimum, and froze all its assets and liabilities, including the savings of so...
Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:16:00 GMTCristina Kirchner meets Lula’s digital strategist in a bid to replicate his comeback in Argentina
Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner on Monday received Brazilian lawmaker André Janones, creator of the WhatsApp channel that helped Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva win re-election, in Buenos Aires, as the Peronist opposit...
Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:30:00 GMTBolsonaro’s exit via Argentina further strains relations between Milei and Lula
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s transit through Argentina, after he left Brazil despite a court ban and flew to Miami from Puerto Iguazú following his election defeat, has opened a new front in the strained relationshi...
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:20:00 GMTArgentina: opposition asks Milei to clarify whether Bolsonaro left Brazil through the country
Argentine opposition lawmakers on Tuesday demanded that Javier Milei’s government report whether Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who left Brazil despite a court ban and travelled to the United States after his election d...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:05:00 GMTMilei stays silent on Lula’s victory as Kast and Peña congratulate him
Argentine President Javier Milei had not congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election in Brazil by Monday, unlike other right-wing South American leaders such as Chile’s José Antonio Kast, Paraguay’s Santiag...
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:14:00 GMTParaguay’s president travels to Washington and will meet the CIA director
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña travelled to Washington on Wednesday for a brief visit that includes a meeting with US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe and a keynote address at the annual gala of th...
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:29:00 GMTMilei calls Lula a “leftist thief” and says he hopes he will not “steal” Brazil’s election
Argentine President Javier Milei attacked his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva again on Tuesday, accusing him of a “dirty campaign” and saying he hoped Lula would not try to “steal” Sunday’s presidenti...
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:52:00 GMTLubetkin warns Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”
Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin has warned Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”, in response to his criticism of the bloc during the campaign for the October...