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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:20:00 GMTParaguay’s banking superintendent arrested in the Ueno Bank investigation
Paraguay’s Superintendent of Banks, Holger Insfrán, was arrested on Thursday as part of the investigation into the collapse of Ueno Bank, which has already led to the pre-trial detention of former President Santiago Peña an...
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:12:00 GMTProsecutors open the vault at Peña’s house and find it empty; two safes found at Ueno Bank
Paraguayan prosecutors on Tuesday opened the armoured vault hidden in former President Santiago Peña’s summer house in San Bernardino, two days after finding it, and found it empty. In a second raid, at Ueno Bank’s headqua...
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:57:00 GMTHidden armoured vault found in a Peña home built with Ueno Bank loans
Paraguayan prosecutors and police on Sunday searched a residence of former President Santiago Peña in Ciervo Cuá, in the San Bernardino district, about 50 kilometres from Asunción, built with loans from Ueno Bank. According ...
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:07:00 GMTLost savings and broken trust: life for those hit by Ueno Bank’s closure
For nearly three million Paraguayans, November 3 began with a message on their phone screens: “We cannot display your balance.” Early that morning, Paraguay’s Central Bank took over Ueno Bank over a critical solvency prob...
Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:53:00 GMTParaguay’s prosecutors charge Santiago Peña and seek his pre-trial detention over the Ueno Bank collapse
Paraguayan prosecutors on Saturday charged former President Santiago Peña, removed from office by the Senate on Friday, and requested his pre-trial detention in the case over the collapse of Ueno Bank, which froze the savings ...