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            <title><![CDATA[Uruguay Finance Chief Says Pensions Will Stay in Private Hands]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:51:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay Leaves Key Rate at 5.5% on Stable Inflation Outlook]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:36:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Millicom Eyeing Peru and Venezuela After Other Latin America Deals]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:31:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay Names Lovera as Finance Chief to Bolster ‘Agile State’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:35:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay Names Interim Finance Chief After Fernandez Resigns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:42:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay’s GDP Grew 6.6% in 2025, Fastest Pace in 12 Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay’s Ueno Looks Beyond Debut Bond Sale to Fuel Loan Growth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[El milagro de Paraguay: de país ignorado a imán de inversiones]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Empresarios latinoamericanos llegan en masa, elegantes torres se elevan sobre la antes adormecida capital y su presidente conservador estrecha vínculos con EE.UU.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Underdog Trump Ally in Latin America Becomes an Investor Magnet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs flock to Paraguay from across the region as sleek towers rise above the once-sleepy capital and its conservative president cozies up to the US.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Construction cranes are seen behind the Shopping del Sol mall, right, in the financial district of Asunción. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uruguay Cuts Key Rate for Seventh Time as Inflation Runs Low]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:39:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay’s Central Bank Chief Enjoys ‘Nice Problem’ of Low Inflation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay Cuts Rate to 5.5%, Sees Low Inflation Most of 2026]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:44:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay’s President Backs Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine In Latin America]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Courts Uruguay as Argentina’s Milei Embraces Trump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:55:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, welcomes Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 3. Photographer: Jessica Lee/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Argentina Not Looking to Tap Global Debt Market, Caputo Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:58:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uruguay Slashes Rates as Dollar Drop Slams Local Market]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paraguay Central Bank Surprises With Quarter-Point Rate Cut]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:48:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Paraguayan flags at the Central Bank of Paraguay headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Paraguay became the latest Latin American country to lower borrowing costs with a quarter of a percentage point cut to its benchmark interest rate after inflation undershot the central bank&apos;s target in July.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Visa Crackdown Hits Leftist-Run Latin American Nations]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Yamandu Orsi, Uruguay&apos;s president, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. The United Nations General Assembly, which opened today, brings more than 150 world leaders and their entourages into Midtown - a convergence that has been compared to hosting the Super Bowl every day for a week, across an entire neighborhood.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emerging Market Payments Provider Dlocal Plans a Push Into Asia]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uruguay Central Bank Chief Signals More Rate Cuts in 2026]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 19:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
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