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How a bank collapse left millions in limbo and toppled Paraguay's president

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When Ueno Bank's services abruptly stopped working in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the consequences were immediate for the millions of Paraguayans who had come to depend on it for everyday transactions.

"People don't have any trust," said Elizabeth GonzΓ‘lez, a 28-year-old barista at a cafΓ© in downtown AsunciΓ³n, a few blocks from Paraguay's Congress building, where protesters had begun gathering after the bank's collapse was announced Tuesday...

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