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The allegations of genocide against Israel took more hits this week following the reported admission by a senior member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Israel that claims had not been independently verified. This comes as the Palestinian Ministry of Health data shows Gaza’s population grew in 2025.

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Critics say the accusations fueled antisemitism around the world and that those pushing the genocide claims — including major international media outlets — need to be made accountable for their words.

In Sept. 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel (COI) released a report stating that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza since Oct. 2023. In the report, the COI cited an article from the Guardian stating that 83% of Gazans killed in the conflict were civilians.

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Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African judge Navanethem «Navi» Pillay (R), speaks next to Commission Member Chris Sidoti during a press conference in Geneva on September 16, 2025. The Inquiry Commission on September 16, 2025 accused Israel of committing «genocide» in Gaza in a bid to «destroy the Palestinians» there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and other top officials for incitement.  (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Following the release of data from the COI commissioner, Chris Sidoti, in an interview last week reported by JNS and posted on X  was asked whether the COI had independently established that the remainder of Palestinians said to be killed in the fighting were civilians, Sidoti said, «No, we didn’t because we don’t have that information…We literally do not know, nor does anybody else know, including the IDF, how many militants were there.» 

The former chair of the committee, Navay Pillay, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week.

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Israeli soldiers inspect the burnt cars of festival-goers at the site of an attack on the Nova Festival by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Oct. 13, 2023.  (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

The Palestinian MOH Health Information Unit recently released statistics on overall mortality in Gaza for 2025. This is the first update to include non-violent deaths since 2022, prior to the outbreak of conflict following the terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.

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The MOH reported that 24,650 deaths were registered in 2025, with 18,085 (73.4%) being males and 6,565 (26.6%) being females. 70.1% of deaths, or 17,286 cases, were attributed to direct targeting in the war.

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The MOH also reported 50,227 live births in 2025. Fox News Digital reached out to officials at the ministry but did not get a response by press time.

Elliot Malin, president at Stratos Council, told Fox News Digital that the MOH data is further evidence against accusations of genocide. With the number of live births in 2025 far greater than the number of deaths, Malin says it is «very hard for us to infer the intent of Israel was to destroy Palestinians in Gaza to a substantial portion.»

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Gazans walk with boxes of humanitarian aid they received at a distribution centre run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

«We’re not seeing a population under threat. We are seeing that it is actually able to sustain itself,» Malin said. He took issue with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declaration last year that famine had reached Gaza in the summer of 2025. Malin said that «if the population is sustaining and growing through this, what they call a famine, it indicates that there is enough caloric intake to sustain the population.»

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Gabriel Epstein, senior policy associate at Israel Policy Forum, also told Fox News Digital that widespread allegations of genocide are not supported by the MOH report. First, the report «absolutely» demonstrates population growth in 2025, according to Epstein, who added it would «be surprising» if the population of Gaza, «one of the youngest…in the world,» was not growing.

While he says that it is impossible to discern the actual rate of population growth given factors like emigration and immigration, Epstein said that «the argument that we would need to make to say that there was negative population growth in 2025 would be to more than double the number of both violent and non-violent deaths.»

Woman raises her fist holding a placard reading Gaza Genocide at an anti-Israel protest.

A woman covers her hair with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf and raises her fist while holding a placard reading «Gaza Genocide» during an anti-Israel rally on Oct. 09, 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The sign is part of a series of downloadable pre-made graphics created by organizers of the global protest. (Annice Lyn/Getty Images)

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Andrew Fox, senior associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that «the data now shows that there was no famine in Gaza.» He said that the allegations play into «the ages-old blood libel of Jews killing children and undoubtedly stoked the global fires of antisemitism. Agencies and the media who shared these false allegations have blood on their hands.»

Epstein said that the latest MOH data is strong proof against the statements from external organizations who used estimates and ratios of non-violent deaths from other conflict zones to suppose that the MOH’s ongoing count of the death toll in Gaza was inaccurate, and that deaths had likely reached multiple hundreds of thousands. These estimated figures were largely used to drive the narrative that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. He said that current MOH figures «really eliminate the possibility that there is a much higher death toll driven by non-violent or non-trauma deaths.»

Palestinians carry aid supplies, that entered Gaza on trucks through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025.

Palestinians carry aid supplies, that entered Gaza on trucks through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025. (REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

He noted that comparing the latest report with ongoing MOH data on overall casualties throughout the war shows that the MOH was not «missing the vast, vast majority of [malnutrition-related] deaths you would have needed to be missing to justify the IPC’s assessment» that famine had reached parts of Gaza in summer 2025.

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The IPC did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about how new information impacts its prior declaration of famine.

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Palestinians attend a rally calling for an end to the war, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 25, 2025.  (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

In the MOH’s favor, Epstein said that the current tranche of figures supports a real attempt at honest accounting from the health organization, which was accused of inflating civilian casualties – particularly those of women and children– during the early days of the war.

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In its latest report, however, the MOH does not distinguish how many terrorists were among those killed in the conflict. In fact, it states that, «The number of deaths among males was approximately 4.9 times the number of deaths among females within this group – attributed principally to the direct targeting of working-age men during military operations.»

IDF PUSHES BACK ON CLAIM THAT IT TARGETS JOURNALISTS IN GAZA, SAYS 170 WERE PART OF TERROR GROUPS, INCLUDING HAMAS

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Smoke rises and ball of fire over a buildings in Gaza City on Oct. 9, 2023 during an Israeli air strike. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A spokesperson from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Fox News Digital that, «The IDF targets terrorists and military objectives, not civilians based on their age or gender. The fact that more military-age men are disproportionately among those eliminated is consistent with the fact that terrorist organizations are predominantly composed of men in this age group. It does not demonstrate that the IDF targets individuals because they are men or of a certain age.» 

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The spokesperson added that, «Targets are selected based on their military nature or an individual’s involvement in terrorist organizations or participation in hostilities, in accordance with international law and IDF directives. Unlike Hamas, which deliberately targets Israeli civilians, the IDF takes all feasible precautions to mitigate harm to civilians and operates under a structured targeting framework designed to ensure the identification of lawful military objectives. «

Members of the Ezz-Aldine Al-Qassam Brigades march with guns in a street in Gaza.

Members of Hamas, march with guns in the streets of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 28, 2021. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Epstein also pushed back against the MOH claim that working-aged men are being purposefully targeted. Epstein said that «military-aged men aren’t appearing disproportionately because the IDF was targeting military-aged men as such, but because the vast majority of militants come from that range.» He said that «Gaza is unique in how heavily militarized its male population is.»

Epstein added that available 2025 data does not support the claim that the IDF acted with the intent to cause harm to the population. Not only do the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and hybridization of civilian and military structures in Gaza provide a rationale for military targeting, Epstein emphasized that the IDF has taken numerous mitigation measures to avoid civilian casualties.

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Requests for comment to the Palestinian Ministry of Health were not returned by press time.



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‘Puntos de Vista’ reúne ternura, ironía y crítica en cuentos narrados por gatos, libros y una inteligencia artificial

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Nos suelen preguntar los lectores, avezados o no, por el modo en que se construyen nuestros textos. La cocina literaria… En 1999, en Los muros -mi primer libro de cuentos- , incluí un relato titulado “Etcétera” en el que una receta de cocina inventada y realizable dialogaba consigo misma y con los avatares vitales de la narradora, en busca de libertades. Entonces podía decirse que yo (no hay que confundir autor con narradora ni narratario) buscaba invertir el sentido clásico y conservador atribuido en la época a la mujer, en esencia ama de casa perfecta según un punto de vista meramente reproductivo, aun tratándose de profesionales o trabajadoras…

En 2026 en Puntos de Vista, una receta en lugar de relato, presta la función de epígrafe para la historia con un dejo de ironía anticipatorio. La protagonista espera con sus hijos a un marido que se retrasa en un vuelo para celebrar después, en familia, la Nochebuena. Como en 1999, las recetas escapan de su mera significación doméstica aunque conservan instrucciones culinarias realizables. Generosidad no compartida con las circunstancias que sufre la protagonista que prepara el plato en tanto, en efecto, “Vitello Tonnato”, que forma parte de mi último libro que publica Leviatán, contiene en sus inicios una receta que incluye sarcasmos y si bien alude a la forma en que yo misma cocino esta comida, sobre todo consumida en tiempos navideños, no será apreciada en la Nochebuena del cuento, de pocos aires celebratorios.

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El libro, sin embargo, no ofrece miradas solo femeninas. Hay varones protagonistas que opinan rabiosos e ironizan; cosas, libros, animales.

Yendo a la cocina literaria me gustaría advertir que no hay en los inicios de Puntos de vista, ni en ninguno de mis textos, un orden creativo estratégico y anticipatorio. Esto es: no diseño el texto sino que este se me aparece y se escribe casi al correr del teclado, si bien es cierto que de inmediato intento controlar cómo y hacia dónde va la historia y cuidar de los personajes. Puntos de Vista reúne cuentos, relatos, viñetas y un poema, y debí ceñirme a mi primigenia idea al concebirlo: demostrar que la libertad creadora posee como único límite la coherencia, cierta belleza, una suerte de moral intrínseca. No hay literatura sin microclimas aun cuando se describan realidades y hablen personajes a su configurado entender. A menudo, uno de esos personajes nos tira a los escritores de las narices, nos elige.

La escritora Paula Winkler (Imagen Ilustrativa Infobae)

Para ejemplificar, en “La Señora Prentiss y el ratón Pérez”, me inspiré en el gato Beppo de Jorge Luis Borges y en esas personas que tratan a los seres sintientes no humanos como mascotas, sin tener en cuenta su autonomía, personificándolos, humanizándolos. Luego, recordé a Prentiss, personaje de una de mis novelas –“El marido americano” – y recurrí al legendario ratón Pérez como contrapunto. “La rotonda de Paratombú” es, en Santiago y en las Termas de Río Hondo, el refugio de perros callejeros atraídos por las luces del turismo y de la capital de provincia pero librados a su suerte. “Sueños” es contado por un joven cuya precaria vida no le impide imaginar, imaginación que abunda en poetas, novelistas y narradores, y que si bien no modifica la existencia, la repara, la acaricia… “Puntos de vista” alude a los estragos subjetivos de la Alemania de la Segunda Guerra y de la postguerra y “Sobriedad sonora” pone en el tapete la mirada escéptica sobre el mundo, que a veces me habita. Asimismo, en “Ora (lege) et labora”, un burócrata devela su presunta “creatividad”, al mismo tiempo el hecho de que, a menudo, la pirámide concebida para ofrecer supuestos servicios al ciudadano de a pie ralentiza sus objetivos declarados en apariencia, pero incumplidos en lo real atento a desplazamientos egoístas personales, volviendo a esas administraciones auténticos obstáculos kafkianos.

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La construcción de un texto con unidad temática no fue fácil porque se reúnen aquí distintas opiniones y argumentos. Hay ironía, crítica, pero también ternura, amorosidad y esperanza. Sin embargo, la confección de narradores singulares, como un gato, libros que dialogan entre sí para sobrevivir en una biblioteca próxima a ser renovada por su dueño debido a una mudanza, mujeres de vida banal y un narrador omnisciente que discute con la IA y la desafía, tales narradores seleccionados, vierten aquello que buceo en el proceso humano mismo de significación: atribuimos sentido a significantes metaforizados por otros, damos por sentado el significado de situaciones que no deberían naturalizarse y sí, repensarse; repetimos discursos, nos deslumbramos de lo ajeno sin pensar, alardeando de lo propio.

Decía William James, el hermano del novelista, que hay gente que cree que piensa cuando solo ahonda en sus prejuicios. Prejuzgar constituye un alerta válido si es indicial: veo fuego, prejuzgo que hay peligro y, en consecuencia, llamo a los bomberos, aviso a los demás y huimos del lugar. En el orden de las ideas y del pensamiento, habría que tener cuidado de que gatos no pasen por liebres. Este libro no trata de añoradas liebres ni pícaros gatos y carece de mensaje. Los lectores sacarán sus conclusiones, en tanto aquí hay modos de ver desplazados en situaciones, cosas, en animales, a los que les atribuyo algún misterio. Mi escritura se va haciendo, siempre desnuda, entre puentes. Digo “desnuda” porque los textos nacen y se desenvuelven con la intervención lógica del autor pero se independizan no bien impresos: pertenecen a los lectores que los eligen o bien, los textos a ellos.

La lectora exigente que hay en mí cuando reviso me obliga a corregir y cambiar los muchos borradores que requiere cada escrito. Trabajan mi cuerpo, mis emociones, mi cerebro y el subconsciente. Como decía Roberto Bolaño, “tener el valor, sabiendo previamente que vas a ser derrotado y salir a pelear, eso es la literatura”, y esta, precisamente, es mi sensación (y son mis fantasmas) cuando termino un texto y lo doy a conocer.

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Fox News/NORC Study: Voters look to 2028 focused on the economy

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After the midterm elections, attention will turn to the 2028 race for the White House. What is on voters’ minds as they look ahead to the next presidential election?

Most Republicans want the next president to follow President Donald Trump’s policies, if not his style. Nearly 4 in 10 MAGA Republicans want Trump’s successor to emulate both, and about half want the next president to follow his policies alone. Non-MAGA Republicans are less enthusiastic: 45% want his policies to continue, but only about 15% of non-MAGA Republicans want a president with the same style.

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Independents prefer something entirely different: 6 in 10 want the next president to break with both Trump’s policies and his style. Likewise, few Democrats want to see either his style or his policies repeated.

Even as the Democrats have won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and Trump finds his approval rating at 39%, a bloc of voters remains loyal to the president and is likely to influence the 2028 campaign. While half of voters want a successor who does not emulate his style or follow his policies, 26% want a president who will carry on his policies, and another 12% want the next president to copy his policies and his style.

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Looking ahead, voters across party lines say improving economic conditions is the most important issue for the country to address over the next five years. Six in 10 voters feel they are holding steady financially while about 3 in 10 feel they are falling behind. Few, about 1 in 10 voters, feel they are getting ahead financially. Voters who describe their own financial situation as less than satisfactory, or say they are falling behind, are more likely to name the economy as the top issue.

What should Tuesday’s winners prioritize once sworn into office? When asked what is most important for newly elected officials to work on first in 2027, 3 in 10 voters want elected officials to address grocery costs. About 2 in 10 want action on gas prices, and a similar share say they should work on healthcare and prescription drug costs.

Slightly fewer are concerned about housing costs, while about 1 in 10 want officials to address electricity and other utility costs.

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Voters are closely divided on whether the country can look forward to better days or if the good days are behind us. And it’s linked to how they’re feeling financially. About two-thirds of those who say they are getting ahead financially are optimistic about the future. However, about two-thirds of voters who are falling behind financially think the country’s best days are in the past.

Beyond the economy, priorities diverge. About 1 in 5 Democrats point to access to affordable healthcare, while about a similar share of Republicans say protecting individuals from government overreach is the top issue. About 1 in 10 independents say the country should address the affordability of healthcare, and about the same share say government overreach.

Voters are divided over AI’s effect on the U.S. economy during the next 10 years. About 4 in 10 say it will be harmful, while 3 in 10 expect benefits. About 1 in 10 expect AI to make no difference, while slightly more, about 2 in 10, are unsure. About 4 in 10 expect AI to negatively affect the environment and the arts and entertainment industry.

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About half of voters want substantial changes in how the country is run. Party identification shapes how much change voters want and which branches of government they think most need reform. Democrats are about three times as likely as Republicans to want complete upheaval of how the country is run. Half of democratic socialists favor complete and total upheaval, compared with about 1 in 10 MAGA Republicans.

In the 2024 Voter Analysis conducted for the presidential election, most Republican voters said they wanted substantial change or total upheaval. Now, with a Republican in the White House and their party controlling both houses of Congress, they are less eager for major change.

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Overall, 4 in 10 voters think Congress should be substantially reformed, including three-quarters of MAGA Republicans and half of non-MAGA Republicans. Democrats are less likely to say Congress needs reform, but half say the executive branch should be improved. Few voters in either party want changes to the Constitution. Democrats are more likely than Republicans or independents to say the Supreme Court needs reform.

Voters across party lines support term limits for Congress and Supreme Court justices. Democrats favor abolishing the Electoral College, but Republicans and independents are less enthusiastic. Most Republicans support limiting mail voting to people physically unable to vote in person. MAGA Republicans are more supportive of limiting mail voting than non-MAGA Republicans (63% vs 40%). Democrats oppose the idea, regardless of whether they support the Democratic Socialists of America.

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The expansion of artificial intelligence has triggered some public backlash against AI data centers. Voters are divided on whether AI will help or hurt during the next 10 years. More Democrats say the technology will be harmful while more Republicans expect benefits.

Among Republican voters, MAGA Republicans are more enthusiastic about AI than non-MAGA Republicans. Forty-five percent of MAGA Republicans believe AI will help the U.S. to compete with other countries, and another 4 in 10 feel AI will do more to help the economy.

Among Democrat voters, supporters of democratic socialism and those who do not support the movement are similarly likely to feel AI will help aspects of American society. However, supporters of democratic socialism are more likely than other Democrats to feel AI will do more to hurt than help.

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Overall, 6 in 10 voters are extremely or very concerned about the effect of data centers on the price of utilities in the communities where they are being built. About half are concerned about the effect of data centers on pollution of natural resources, land development or the health of the local population, regardless of whether they live near a data center. Democrats are more concerned about the effects of data centers than Republican voters, again, regardless of their proximity to the facilities.

Voters across party lines support requiring companies to pay for electric grid upgrades needed for their data centers, increasing government regulation of AI, and limiting AI in schools. Most Democrats and independents oppose building a data center in their community. Most voters also oppose local construction, whether their county already has a data center.

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The economy is a top issue for most voters, yet 4 in 10 say they could support a candidate whose economic views differ from their own.

After the economy and jobs, nearly 6 in 10 voters see healthcare as an important issue, and about 6 in 10 would not support a candidate who disagrees with them on healthcare policy. About half could not back a candidate whose views on Israel and the Palestinians differ from theirs. Overall, about 6 in 10 say they could never support a candidate they disagree with on abortion, guns, or immigration.

Explore the results here: https://civichealth.norc.org/crosstabs.html

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The NORC Civic Health & Elections Project (CH&EP) is a national survey of registered voters conducted Oct. 26 through Nov. 3, 2026, with 113,020 interviews. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. The margin of sampling error for the national sample, including the design effect, was ±0.5 percentage points for voters and ±1.2 percentage points for nonvoters. Margins of sampling error for individual states and subgroups vary based on sample size.

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Crisis bancaria en Paraguay: pidieron el juicio político contra Santiago Peña y la Policía reprimió las protestas

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Diputados opositores de Paraguay presentaron este miércoles ante el Congreso un pedido de juicio político para destituir al presidente Santiago Peña y al vicepresidente Pedro Alliana, en medio de una crisis bancaria que dejó a unos tres millones de personas con sus depósitos congelados. La iniciativa provocó una nueva escalada de tensión política, mientras cientos de manifestantes salieron a las calles de Asunción para reclamar la devolución de su dinero y se enfrentaron con la Policía, que utilizó gases lacrimógenos y camiones hidrantes para dispersarlos.

La presentación fue impulsada por legisladores opositores y disidentes del oficialismo, después de que el Banco Central de Paraguay interviniera Ueno Bank, una de las mayores entidades financieras del país, por insuficiencia de capital.

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El diputado Mauricio Espínola, oficialista disidente, confirmó a la agencia AFP que el pedido de destitución reunió las firmas necesarias para ser tratado en la Cámara de Diputados. La sesión fue convocada para este jueves a las 10 (hora local).

La acusación presentada ante el Congreso solicita iniciar un juicio político contra Peña por “el mal desempeño de sus funciones en el ejercicio del cargo”. El mandatario también enfrenta cuestionamientos por un presunto conflicto de intereses y por el aumento de su patrimonio.

El presidente paraguayo, Santiago Peña (Foto: EFE)

Peña había tenido acciones de un grupo empresarial que controlaba Ueno Bank, aunque se desvinculó de esa participación en 2025.

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La crisis estalló el martes, cuando el Banco Central decidió intervenir la entidad y suspender sus servicios. Casi la mitad de los 6,4 millones de habitantes de Paraguay tienen cuentas en ese banco.

El escándalo también provocó la renuncia del presidente del Banco Central, Carlos Carvallo, y derivó en la detención de ocho directivos de Ueno Bank, entre ellos su presidente, Miguel Vázquez, después de una denuncia presentada por el organismo regulador ante la Justicia.

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Cientos de personas volvieron a manifestarse este miércoles por segunda noche consecutiva en Asunción, donde reclamaron la devolución de sus ahorros y exigieron la salida del presidente.

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“Devuelvan nuestra plata” y “juicio a Santi Peña” fueron algunas de las consignas que se escucharon durante la movilización, según constató la agencia AFP.

La protesta derivó en enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y efectivos policiales, que intentaron dispersar a la multitud mediante camiones hidrantes y gases lacrimógenos. Pese al operativo, numerosas personas continuaron con la movilización.

Una persona fotografía el aviso del Banco Central de Paraguay sobre la intervención a Ueno Bank en Asunción (Foto: EFE/ Juan Pablo Pino)
Una persona fotografía el aviso del Banco Central de Paraguay sobre la intervención a Ueno Bank en Asunción (Foto: EFE/ Juan Pablo Pino)

Más temprano, se habían registrado largas filas frente a las sucursales de Ueno Bank, donde los clientes intentaban recuperar su dinero.

“Es el dinero de nuestra jubilación que ahora no sabemos si lo vamos a cobrar”, expresó a la AFP Teresa Montiel, una médica de 50 años que participó de la protesta con una pancarta que decía “unidos somos más fuertes”.

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El martes, otro de los afectados, Marcelino Vergara, de 68 años, había relatado entre lágrimas la situación que atravesaba tras el congelamiento de sus depósitos.

“Perdí los ahorros de toda mi vida, solo tengo 8.000 guaraníes (casi un dólar). Todos deben ir presos”, denunció.

Ante la magnitud de la crisis, el Gobierno paraguayo anunció un mecanismo para devolver una parte de los depósitos congelados.

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Peña promulgó este miércoles una ley aprobada rápidamente por el Congreso que, según explicó, “permitirá a los ahorristas cobrar en el menor tiempo posible una parte de los fondos de garantía a fin de que los recursos vuelvan a las manos de quienes corresponde”.

La norma establece que los pagos deberán realizarse en los próximos cinco días.

El Banco Central precisó que los afectados recibirán un primer desembolso de hasta 10 millones de guaraníes, equivalentes a unos 1675 dólares.

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Qué puede pasar con Santiago Peña tras el pedido de destitución en el Congreso

El futuro del presidente paraguayo dependerá de las negociaciones parlamentarias y, especialmente, de la posición que adopten los legisladores del Partido Colorado.

La oposición necesita conseguir el respaldo de una parte del oficialismo para avanzar con el juicio político, ya que el partido gobernante tiene mayoría propia tanto en Diputados como en el Senado.

Si la Cámara baja aprueba la acusación, el procedimiento pasará al Senado, que será el encargado de desarrollar el juicio.

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Para concretar la destitución de Peña y Alliana, se necesitarán al menos 30 votos de los 45 senadores.

Sin embargo, la posibilidad de alcanzar esa mayoría es incierta. Aunque el Partido Colorado controla ambas cámaras, existen diferencias internas y su presidente, el exmandatario Horacio Cartes, está distanciado del Gobierno.

Los legisladores que impulsan el juicio político acusan a Peña de haber tomado “decisiones regulatorias presuntamente favorables a Ueno Bank” y cuestionan la concentración de fondos previsionales en la entidad, debido a sus anteriores vínculos comerciales con el grupo que la controlaba.

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Paraguay tiene un antecedente de destitución presidencial mediante un juicio político. En 2012, el Congreso removió del cargo a Fernando Lugo tras una masacre que dejó 11 campesinos y seis policías muertos.

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