Paraguay bank collapses with half of population's savings

(aljazeera.com)

64 points | by mikhael 20 hours ago ago

10 comments

  • orsorna 20 hours ago ago

    The submitted link borders on worthlessness, even though the topic seems very interesting. Here is something quick I grabbed:

    https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/paraguay-seizes-...

  • JumpCrisscross 19 hours ago ago
  • tartoran 19 hours ago ago

    Santiago Peña resigned as president of Paraguay. I wonder if this is a domino effect of Trump losing midterms.

    • sombragris 18 hours ago ago

      Paraguayan here. Not really, it's more of internal political maneuvering. With all that said, Peña was really deep into that bank crap, so the resignation is justified in my opinion.

    • jmclnx 15 hours ago ago

      I doubt it, but based upon the abc link orsorna posted, I cannot but help to think if this is a preview to the *coins (!bit) created at the start of Trump 2. This includes Trump's Coin.

  • bigbadfeline 19 hours ago ago

    Business as usual.

    • malux85 17 hours ago ago

      Please dont normalize the devastation of the majority of the population of a country

      • sombragris 15 hours ago ago

        The situation is awful, but it's not "devastation". Deposits are guaranteed and the guarantee is being executed. 98% of savings account will be paid in full.

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        • malux85 29 minutes ago ago

          And Im sure that will all be sorted out quickly and with the minimum of bureaucracy, and that the entire banks systems wont be frozen for weeks and weeks while the poor families who are living hand to mouth cant access the little money they have to survive.

          I mean, if their bank accounts are frozen for a few weeks (or longer) Im sure they can just liquidate another one of their many asset classes to tide them over, right? I dont know why so many people are making such a big fuss when they could just sell one of their yachts