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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:43:29 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Petrochemicals - Regional - Rhodia focus on emerging markets to boost polyamide business</title>
         <description><![CDATA[French chemicals firm Rhodia is focusing its investments on emerging markets, especially Latin America and Asia, where the company has grown at two digits above local GDP. 

"Latin America accounted...]]></description>
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         <author>Fernanda de Biagio</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:40:59 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Mining - Chile - Escondida declares force majeure due to SAG mill failure</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, has declared force majeure on sales contracts for nine months due to the technical failure of the SAG mill at its Laguna Seca plant, according to a ...]]></description>
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         <author>Pablo Gaete</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:16:14 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Venezuela - PDVSA breaks ground on Santa Inés refinery</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has started construction of the 100,000b/d Santa Inés refinery in Barinas state, the presidential press office and the ministry of oil and energy said in separate s...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/PDVSA_breaks_ground_on_Santa_Ines_refinery</link>
         <author>Nathan Crooks</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:20:30 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Banking - Brazil - BCB could reduce reserve requirements by US$43bn</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Brazil's central bank BCB plans to open up 100bn reais (US$43bn) to the financial system through another round of reserve requirement adjustments, the bank said in a statement.

The latest measures ...]]></description>
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         <author>James Newman</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:30:27 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Info. Technology - Chile - Exec: IT penetration represents security opportunity</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Russian antivirus software developer Kaspersky Laboratories is looking to expand in Chile next year due to the country's high rate of IT penetration, the company's Latin American and Caribbean VP Alej...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/technology/Exec:_IT_penetration_represents_security_opportunity</link>
         <author>Matthew Malinowski</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:34:58 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Telecommunications - Colombia - Number portability law ratified</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe has ratified a law allowing the introduction of number portability, local press reported.

The country's communications ministry has until the end of 2009 to carry ...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/telecommunications/Number_portability_law_ratified</link>
         <author>Patrick Nixon</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:25:49 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Electric Power - Chile - HidroAysén could save US$495mn/y in reduced energy imports</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The US$3.2bn HidroAysén hydro project being developed in southern Chile's Aysén region could save the country's economy US$495mn/y from reduced fuel imports used by thermo plants, HidroAysén general m...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/electricpower/HidroAysen_could_save_US*495mn_y_in_reduced_energy_imports</link>
         <author>Nathan Crooks</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:38:43 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Water &amp; Waste - Colombia - Government to invest US$4.2bn in water, sanitation from 2016-19</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Colombian government expects to invest US$4.2bn in water and sanitation during the 2016-19 period, an official from the country's national planning department (DNP) told BNamericas.

Authorities...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/waterandwaste/Government_to_invest_US*4,2bn_in_water,_sanitation_from_2016-19</link>
         <author>Eva Medalla</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:13:0 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Privatization - Brazil, Ecuador - Analyst: Petrobras likely to remain despite Correa's threat</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Brazil's Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) will likely stay in Ecuador and keep its investments in the country despite President Rafael Correa's threat to expel the federal energy company, an industry analyst tol...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/privatization/Analyst:_Petrobras_likely_to_remain_despite_Correa's_threat</link>
         <author>Fábio Palmigiani</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:19:51 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Infrastructure - Mexico - Analyst: Exchange rate fluctuations affecting infrastructure budgets</title>
         <description><![CDATA[It is still too early to determine if the fluctuations in the US dollar-Mexican peso exchange rate will have a positive or negative impact on President Felipe Calderón's US$50bn/y, 2007-12 national in...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/infrastructure/Analyst:_Exchange_rate_fluctuations_affecting_infrastructure_budgets</link>
         <author>Renzo Dasso</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:29:9 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Insurance - Chile - Government to lift capital gains tax on foreign insurers</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Chile's government has announced it will lift a capital gains tax applied on foreign insurers, endowments and sovereign wealth funds that operate in Chile. 

The regulation will be sent to the count...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/insurance/Government_to_lift_capital_gains_tax_on_foreign_insurers</link>
         <author>Jorge Porter</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:49:41 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Metals - Brazil - Analyst: Global crisis delaying Namisa sale</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The global financial crisis is delaying Brazilian steelmaker CSN's sale of its Namisa iron ore unit, a market analyst told BNamericas.

With expected sales of 13.5Mt in 2008, Namisa has been coveted...]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/metals/Analyst:_Global_crisis_delaying_Namisa_sale</link>
         <author>Claudio Mendonça</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:51:46 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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