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Sunday, November 8th 2026 - 20:16 UTC
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 secular country, before flying to Buenos Aires, the second stop on his regional tour.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 01:56 UTC
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 resignation he had tendered hours earlier, leaving him formally in office. Argentina’s government, meanwhile, denied any record of Peña entering Argentina, following reports that he might have left Paraguay.
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Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 22:12 UTC
Paraguay’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 taking up a lifetime Senate seat with immunity from prosecution once he leaves office. The final decision rests with the Senate.
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Wednesday, November 4th 2026 - 08:27 UTC
Paraguay 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 some 3 million customers and more than US$800 million in public funds. The bank immediately suspended all its services.
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Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 - 20:16 UTC
Cristina 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 opposition looks to Brazil for keys to defeating Javier Milei in the 2027 presidential election.
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Thursday, October 29th 2026 - 01:30 UTC
Bolsonaro’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 relationship between the governments of Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, while the Casa Rosada maintains its refusal to congratulate the Brazilian president on his re-election.
Wednesday, October 28th 2026 - 03:20 UTC
Argentina: 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 defeat, crossed through Argentine territory. The National Migration Directorate said it has no record of the senator entering the country.
Monday, October 26th 2026 - 13:05 UTC
Milei 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 Santiago Peña and Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz. Milei, who publicly backed Senator Flávio Bolsonaro during the campaign, met his cabinet at the Casa Rosada first thing in the morning.
Wednesday, October 21st 2026 - 19:14 UTC
Paraguay’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 the Inter-American Dialogue think tank.
Tuesday, October 20th 2026 - 15:29 UTC
Milei 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 presidential runoff, in which he faces Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, whom Milei has publicly backed.