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Pedro Alliana, then vice president of Paraguay, during a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington in August 2025.

Paraguay crisis

Santiago Peña stays in pretrial detention as Alliana's government pays out 1,196,000 Ueno depositors

Paraguay's president, Santiago Peña, in an official portrait taken during his visit to Taiwan in May 2026.

Crisis in Paraguay

Paraguay's Senate sits as a court and hears Santiago Peña's defense on Friday

Uruguay's foreign minister, Mario Lubetkin (left), greets Raffaele Fitto during a visit to the European Commission in October 2025.

The Mercosur-EFTA agreement takes effect for Uruguay with Norway and Iceland, covering about 97% of tariff lines