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            <title><![CDATA[Atome Sees War Driving Shifts That Boost Low-Carbon Fertilizer]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:04:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Punta del Este seduce a millonarios latinoamericanos con eventos de lujo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Punta del Este, en Uruguay, se está convirtiendo en el destino predilecto para quienes desean organizar celebraciones fastuosas.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rich Latin Americans Are Descending on Uruguay’s Beach Haven to Party]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Punta del Este is becoming a top destination for those looking to host lavish celebrations.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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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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                <media:description>Gabriel Oddone  Photographer: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Police Search for Missing $2 Million in Paraguay Plane Crash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:44:30 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>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-20/paraguay-aliado-de-trump-que-se-convierte-en-iman-de-inversion-mmyo5235</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ignacio Olivera Doll]]></dc:creator>
            <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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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ignacio Olivera Doll]]></dc:creator>
            <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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