El Gazettario
Insight Americas
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Buenos Aires
November 10, 2026

Joel E. Correia

Associate Professor in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University

Paraguay’s bank collapse brought down a president – and exposed as myth the nation’s status as a ‘Dubai of South America’

Paraguay’s bank collapse brought down a president – and exposed as myth the nation’s status as a ‘Dubai of South America’

The collapse raises troubling questions about who benefits from financial modernization, who controls it and who bears the risks when it fails.

Joel E. Correia·10 Nov 2026