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Welcome to this week’s edition of Grinfi Political Risk Edge, your trusted source for expert political risk analysis and strategic intelligence.
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High Impact Situational Updates
From Grinfi Political Risk Observatory (GPRO), here are the key issues that are expected to shape political risk this week.
Paraguay’s economic growth story has been overshadowed by a major banking crisis that is spiralling into a serious political catastrophe. President Santiago Peña was impeached by a unanimous Senate vote last friday. He was stripped of lifetime senatorial immunity and placed under house arrest.
This followed the collapse of digital lender Ueno Bank. The failure froze accounts belonging to nearly three million people, roughly half the adult population. It also trapped more than $800 million in public and pension funds. Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in that same evening. He will complete the term until August 2028.
In the United States, Democrats delivered a decisive midterm repudiation of the Trump administration. They flipped control of both chambers.
US-Iran backdoor diplomacy remains active but fragile. Trump meets Qatar’s prime minister today to discuss a proposed short-term “bridge deal”.
New Zealand’s 7 November election is leaning towards the possibility of a hung