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The President of Paraguay resigned in the midst of the crisis unleashed by Ueno Bank's intervention. The Congress will begin a political trial on Thursday against Peña after having no quorum to decide whether or not to accept his resignation.
Following the pressure of a possible political trial and protests on the streets, Santiago Peña resigned the Paraguayan Presidency. Peña presented her resignation through a video published on her social networks, following the intervention and closure of Ueno Bank, which affects millions of customers and opened a front of political instability. The decision takes place after the blocks of the Chamber of Deputies announced their support for the political trial and confirmed the votes necessary to move forward with the dismissal. From Asunción, our correspondent, Flavia Borja, extended the details.
The Chamber of Deputies rejects his resignation in order to prevent him from having a party and moves forward with the political trial.
Through a video published on his social media, Paraguay's President, Santiago Peña, resigned on November 5 following the opening of a debate in the Chamber of Deputies on a possible political trial for the intervention and closure of Ueno Bank, an entity linked to the president. The Central Bank's measure triggered a financial and political crisis that affected 2.9 million customers with branch closures and access to accounts.
Opposition deputies filed a request for a trial of dismissal against the President of Paraguay and his vice-president for the crisis involving one of the country's largest banks, which led to the freezing of deposits of about three million people. The order is discussed intensively on Thursday, November 5.
The painter Antonio López symbolically closes the ballot for Madrid and Urtasun becomes the only minister in the candidacy
The House of Deputies finally approved the text by 227 votes to 164, in a secret ballot. The project, promoted by the Government of Giorgia Meloni, provides that the most voted coalition will be able to obtain a strengthening of 70 seats in the House and 35 seats in the Senate if it exceeds 42% of the votes. Our correspondent Irene Savio is expanding our information.
The executive of Pedro Sánchez introduced two new decrees of measures against the housing crisis, after the Congress of Deputies repealed last Friday the first ones he issued for lack of support from the Conservatives, the extreme right and the Catalan independence. Although they maintain the essence, they come with some modifications.
The Liberal Party, a platform for the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, won 121 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and went from 15 to 28 seats in the Senate, resulting in the largest single party representation in both chambers in almost 40 years. With the support of other forces of conservative tendency, Bolsonaro would thus guarantee a comfortable governance, if elected president, and could even pursue the promised amnesty to his father.
The leading legislators share a conservative agenda that includes the rejection of gender policies, the tightening of criminal sanctions and the legalization of the carrying of weapons as a tool to combat crime.
The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, announced on Monday the dissolution of the Cortes and the advance of the general elections, after the Congress of Deputies rejected on Friday two decrees promoted by the Executive with measures to alleviate the housing crisis. The elections will be on November 29, with a hypothetical coalition between the right and the ultra-right that takes advantage of the polls.
The Madrileños have mobilized for tens of thousands, chanting slogans for justice and waving keys in reference to the housing crisis in the Spanish city, after the Congress of Deputies rejected two government-led decrees with measures to alleviate the situation: the automatic renewal of rental contracts and restrictions on evictions. The last wave of protests was unleashed after the eviction of Maricarren Abascal, a 87-year-old woman who had lived in her home for over 70 years. The scandal brought to light the increase versus
♪ ♪ In the final line of the election campaign in Brazil, the female vote is one of the decisive factors. Women represent more than half of the electorate and their support was key in the last elections. However, challenges such as gender-based violence and low political representation of women, with only 18 per cent of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies occupied by women, remain. The report is from our correspondent Valeria Saccone.
The president of the government went on the stand of the Congress of Deputies minutes before the voting began to give a last push to the rules, which ended up falling
The vote took place in the midst of protests about the housing situation in the European country.
The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, opened a period of reflection on Friday, October 2, in which he will assess during the weekend whether or not he calls for early elections, as the Moncloa sources cited by the local press pointed out. The movement came in the midst of echoes of electoral advancement because of the rejection in the Congress of the Deputies of the two housing decrees submitted by the Government to try to alleviate the housing crisis throughout the country. The measures were sank after votes against the right-wing parties, PP and Junts per Catalunya, as well as
The Spanish Congress of Deputies voted on Friday October 2 against the first of two crucial decrees in the midst of the housing crisis, experienced for years, but which recently raised a wave of protests after the eviction of a 87-year-old woman. The measures in the Legislative were already expected to sink, since the right-wing parties: Junts and PP, as well as the ultra-right-wing Vox, anticipated that they would vote against. In the midst of this scenario, leaders of the ruling PSOE party are calling for an advance of elections.
The Supreme Court issued an article of a 2023 decree that eliminates the limits to the alien's land and the rejection generated threatens to overthrow the complete rule
In the final line of the election campaign in Brazil, the female vote is one of the decisive factors. Women represent more than half of the electorate and their support was key in the last elections. However, challenges such as gender-based violence and low political representation of women, with only 18 per cent of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies occupied by women, remain. While an important part of the evangelical electorate identifies with the right, more and more women seek religious spaces with more progressive positions. The report is from us.
The Catalan musician is honoured for the first time in the Lower House on the occasion of the International Day of Peace and the 150th anniversary of the violonchelist
