Paraguay’s president quits after millions of people’s savings frozen in bank crisisLast Monday, the central bank ordered Ueno into resolution over insolvency, freezing the deposits of 3 million customers, leaving hundreds of thousands of families without access to money for food and basic daily expenses. Bank executives were arrested, and people took to the streets in massive protests.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/paraguay-president-santiago-pena-resignsUS escalates economic campaign against Cuba and targets China-based suppliersIn total, eight entities and two individuals were targeted, including China National Electronic Import and Export Company and Beijing H&C Technologies, two China-based companies that the U.S. is accusing of procuring weapons and selling surveillance and security equipment to the Cuban government. Washington’s campaign against Havana has only accelerated in recent months, with public spats between their representatives at the United Nations and on social media.
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-sanctions-castro-trump-rubio-china-93e6ce1f2cf83f2f4f74842babf694c6Broken Agreements: The Struggle of Venezuelan Small-Scale Coffee Producers As I toured the villages in the aforementioned parishes, there was one common complaint: “the established prices are not being upheld,” in reference to both the coffee-roasting plants and the traditional intermediaries. This has been a recurring issue in recent years. From October 12 to October 24, prices varied between $205 and $245 per quintal, significantly below the agreed-upon figures. And though there was a slight upward trend, time runs against producers, especially the smaller ones. They must sell in order to settle pending debts or meet other financial commitments from the harvest work. At the same time, according to local sources, buyers are paying $280 or $285 for shipments of 50 quintals or more, volumes that only large-scale producers can meet.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/images/broken-agreements-the-struggle-of-venezuelan-small-scale-coffee-producers/Myanmar to hold by-elections in April, including in areas where fighting persistsThe elections will fill vacancies left by elected representatives who took ministerial or government posts and will include areas previously unable to vote because of conflict. The vote is unlikely to change the balance of power in the national parliament currently controlled by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, but it may provide a measure of public support for the parties contesting the vote.
https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-elections-military-suu-kyi-e7b58e72b02aa241af5d46ab03682ba1Tech stock rout, driven by US AI fears, continues in Asian tradingMarket authorities in South Korea paused trading on Friday as prices plunged across the region. Global markets have been rattled by a sharp fall in the trading price of tech stocks, which is driven by fears that the Democrats’ victory in the US midterm elections will increase regulatory scrutiny of AI and slow the country’s data centre build-out.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/11/6/tech-stock-rout-driven-by-us-ai-fears-continues-in-asian-tradinghttps://archive.ph/dgFuMIFJ calls out political arrest of journalist in BangladeshMr Chowdhury is accused of “building a narrative” supportive of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina during mass 2024 protests that were violently repressed. He is one of 232 individuals named in a case filed by the father of student protester Md Arif, who was killed by police, and has been jailed as the death of Arif is investigated. Bangladeshi journalists’ union the BMSF said it “strongly condemns the arrest” and demands Mr Chowdhury’s immediate release.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ifj-calls-out-political-arrest-journalist-bangladesh 'The alternative to diplomacy is war': Polisario warns of risks after collapse of Western Sahara UN mission The Polisario Front’s top diplomat told Middle East Eye that they were largely optimistic over the outcome as they had long viewed Minurso as ineffective at best and complicit with Morocco at worst. The failed US resolution would have removed the word “referendum” from the mission’s name, changing it to the United Nations Mission in Western Sahara, and made Morocco's much-maligned "autonomy plan" for the Western Sahara the only basis for further progress.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/alternative-to-diplomacy-is-war-polisario-warns-risks-after-collapse-western-sahara-un-missionThe UAE Is Secretly Helping Ansarallah Fight Saudi Arabia in YemenSpecifically, various UAE-aligned Yemeni forces have been providing targeting assistance to Ansarallah in their battle against Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen while Abu Dhabi has looked the other way, the sources said. According to two sources with knowledge of the covert arrangement, the UAE’s assistance has also included direct sharing of intelligence by the UAE itself to Ansarallah for the purpose of targeting Saudi-backed forces.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uae-yemen-ansarallah-houthis-saudi-arabia-covertUnions begin consultation process with university amid risk to 188 jobsThe unions met with the university on Wednesday, with further weekly meetings expected as the parties commit to working together. They said in a joint statement today: “Following a request from the trade unions, the university has confirmed it will not issue any dismissal notices to impacted staff in this calendar year.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unions-begin-consultation-process-university-amid-risk-188-jobsActivists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in AmsterdamProtesters from Geef Tegengas, a Dutch direct action group, clashed with police while breaking into a construction site at Westpoort, Amsterdam, where some members climbed a crane, lit flares and tied helium balloons to equipment. The action comes amid Europe-wide resistance to the rapid expansion of energy-hungry AI, with more than 100 groups involved in a two-day series of protests to demand moratoria on the construction of new datacentres.
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