# Ueno Bank collapse triggers political earthquake for Paraguay’s Santiago Peña

https://mins.news/en/item/131104

- euronews, 2026-11-05 14:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/05/ueno-bank-collapse-in-paraguay-triggers-political-earthquake-for-santiago-pena

> An accounting shortfall at Ueno Bank has wiped out public funds, left thousands unable to access their deposits and plunged Paraguay into its worst institutional crisis in years.

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