South America

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:07:00 GMT
Lost 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...

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:00:00 GMT
Leo XIV, before Milei: “The economy must serve the person”
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday, the first papal visit to Argentina in 39 years, and in his first address to the authorities, with President Javier Milei at his side, said that “the economy must be at the servi...

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:16:00 GMT
Leo XIV leaves Uruguay urging Catholics to reach out to “those who have drifted away”
Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to Uruguay on Sunday with a Mass before some 30,000 faithful in the city of Florida, where he urged Catholics to reach out to those who have drifted away from the Church in South America’s most se...

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:53:00 GMT
Paraguay’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 ...

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:55:00 GMT
Princess Anne to arrive in the Falklands on the eve of the Hamburg hearing
Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, will visit the Falklands and South Georgia from Monday, November 9, the day before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea holds hearings in Hamburg on Argentina’s case...

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:50:00 GMT
“They all must go”: Peña’s removal fails to calm anger on Paraguay’s streets
Thousands of Paraguayans celebrated in Asunción on Friday as the Senate removed President Santiago Peña from office, but the joy turned almost immediately to anger among those who wanted a complete change of government. “Ou...

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:30:00 GMT
Leo XIV begins his tour in Uruguay, praising Mercosur and peace and questioning abortion and euthanasia
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on Friday, the first stop on his South American tour, and in a speech to Uruguayan authorities praised Mercosur, peaceful coexistence and care for the environment, but also defended life “ev...

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:17:00 GMT
Paraguay’s Senate removes Santiago Peña, who is placed under arrest, and Pedro Alliana takes office
Paraguay’s Senate on Friday removed President Santiago Peña from office in an impeachment trial for “poor performance of his duties” over the collapse of Ueno Bank, and hours later prosecutors ordered him placed under ho...

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:56:00 GMT
Peña 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...

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:42:00 GMT
Lula sees his win as “a lesson for the world” after setbacks for Netanyahu and Trump
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described his October 25 re-election as “a lesson for the world” and linked it to the electoral setbacks suffered in recent days by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an...

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