<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Latin America</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><description>Latin America</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Decision Over Mayor Polarizes Mexico City]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32424-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32424-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MEXICO CITY, April 6  --  Truck driver Jose Antonio Garcia is outraged that Congress is set to take an extraordinary vote Thursday that could knock Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the front-runner in next year's presidential race, out of that election and place him behind bars.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina's Comeback Questioned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5776-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5776-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tainted for the past three years as a deadbeat debtor and international financial pariah, Argentina is proclaiming itself cleansed.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina Didn't Fall on Its Own]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15438-2003Aug2.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15438-2003Aug2.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Spectacular collapse of what was once Latin America's richest nation occurred with Wall Street's help.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's President-Elect Pledges to Fight Poverty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32635-2002Oct28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32635-2002Oct28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has outlined a program, designed to spur employment, while at the same time promising to honor Brazil's foreign debt obligations.]]></description><author> Scott Wilson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short on Solutions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20352-2002Sep29.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20352-2002Sep29.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The policymakers at this weekend's International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings offered scant evidence that they are prepared to deal with the threats menacing the global economy.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble Spots in Their Eyes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8388-2002Sep26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8388-2002Sep26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Policymakers gathering for meetings of the IMF and World Bank voiced vexation as well as optimism over some of global economy's problems  in particular, crises in Japan, Brazil and Argentina.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pledge Gives a Boost to IMF Bailout Effort]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64870-2002Aug26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64870-2002Aug26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The initiative to rescue the Brazilian economy got a boost as bank executives voiced their "intention" to maintain credit lines to Brazil.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazilian, Bank Officials Plan to Talk Next Week]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37673-2002Aug19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37673-2002Aug19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Brazilian officials plan to meet in New York City next week, rather than today as some participants had expected.]]></description><author> John M. Berry</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stock, Bond Markets Fall Back in Brazil]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A879-2002Aug9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A879-2002Aug9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The decline came despite the announcement that the country would receive up to $3.5 billion in new loans.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record Loan for Brazil]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57222-2002Aug7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57222-2002Aug7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The IMF agreed to lend Brazil $30 billion, the biggest Fund loan in history,  to try to stop the Brazilian financial panic that threatens to swamp the region.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein and Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Week Ahead August 4-9]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38905-2002Aug3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38905-2002Aug3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[4  Sunday <br> Treasury Secretary    Paul H. O'Neill  begins tour of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, with requests for    IMF  financial assistance packages topping the agenda.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turmoil Sweeps South American Economies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28776-2002Jul31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28776-2002Jul31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/latinamerica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 23:01:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Igniting fears of a replay of the early-'80s financial collapses, several South American nations have been swept up in the region's worst economic crisis in 20 years.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item></channel></rss>