<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS2S45JNFsY/stephan-kueffner</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Stephan Kueffner - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS2S45JNFsY/stephan-kueffner</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:25:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Latin America]]></title><description><![CDATA[The region is starting to tax the flood of cheap stuff from its lopsided trade partner. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-25/china-floods-latin-america-with-cheap-goods-through-temu-shein-mercadolibre</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-25/china-floods-latin-america-with-cheap-goods-through-temu-shein-mercadolibre</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Parks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:00:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRsndHNTpsGE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRsndHNTpsGE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Chinese e-commerce giants such as SheIn are winning over Latin American shoppers, much to the delight of consumers — but to the dismay of local 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Public Workers Amid Pressure to Cut Spending]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/ecuador-fires-5-000-public-workers-amid-pressure-to-cut-spending</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/ecuador-fires-5-000-public-workers-amid-pressure-to-cut-spending</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:59:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igWmlF3bif6A/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igWmlF3bif6A/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ecuador President Daniel Noboa during a ceremony at the Crystal Palace in the Itchimbia Cultural Center, in downtown Quito, on May 15, 2025.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador Indigenous Union Vote Eases Anti-Government Stance]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/ecuador-indigenous-union-vote-eases-anti-government-stance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/ecuador-indigenous-union-vote-eases-anti-government-stance</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:35:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itt9bW0fsv0U/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itt9bW0fsv0U/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Leonidas Iza, right, and Marlon Vargas in 2021. Photographer: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador Court to Decide on Fee That Mining Industry Says Imperils Drilling]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/ecuador-court-to-decide-fee-that-mining-says-imperils-drilling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/ecuador-court-to-decide-fee-that-mining-says-imperils-drilling</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:46:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikn5X.hjkBf4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikn5X.hjkBf4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Mirador mine in Tundayme, Ecuador.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador Recaptures Top Fugitive Drug Lord ‘Fito’ in Army Raid]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/ecuador-recaptures-top-fugitive-drug-lord-fito-noboa-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/ecuador-recaptures-top-fugitive-drug-lord-fito-noboa-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:44:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noboa Grapples With Another High-Profile Prison Break in Ecuador]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/ecuador-violence-noboa-grapples-with-another-high-profile-prison-break</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/ecuador-violence-noboa-grapples-with-another-high-profile-prison-break</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:44:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLLfofwM2pbE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLLfofwM2pbE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A military tank guards the Penitenciaria del Litoral in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 9. Photographer: Marcos Pin/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador Expected to Delay Fee on Mining, Industry Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/ecuador-expected-to-delay-new-mining-fee-industry-leader-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/ecuador-expected-to-delay-new-mining-fee-industry-leader-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:47:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOP20O0_Mbh0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOP20O0_Mbh0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The entrance to the Bira mine in Zaruma, Ecuador, on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Illegal mining has polluted waterways and sinkholes are swallowing the colonial houses of Zaruma, an Ecuadorian town that was literally built on gold and aspires to be a UNESCO world heritage site.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador Vows a Return to Debt Markets, Sending Bonds Soaring]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/ecuador-vows-a-return-to-debt-markets-sending-bonds-soaring</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/ecuador-vows-a-return-to-debt-markets-sending-bonds-soaring</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:42:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvador-Style Emergency Powers On Track for Noboa’s Ecuador]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-24/noboa-inauguration-ecuador-adopting-bukele-style-emergency-powers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-24/noboa-inauguration-ecuador-adopting-bukele-style-emergency-powers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3.xGq65wbk0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3.xGq65wbk0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Daniel Noboa greets supporters from the balcony of the Carondelet Palace in Quito on May 24. Photographer: David Diaz Arcos/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador to Charge Correa’s Former VP in Candidate’s Murder]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/ecuador-to-charge-correa-s-former-vp-in-candidate-s-murder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/ecuador-to-charge-correa-s-former-vp-in-candidate-s-murder</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 02:06:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKXFCKC6zI2w/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKXFCKC6zI2w/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Jorge Glas after being released from prison in Quito on Nov. 28, 2022. Photographer: GALO PAGUAY/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BHP-Backed SolGold Turns to Speedier Mine Plan to Woo Investors]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/bhp-backed-solgold-turns-to-speedier-mine-plan-to-woo-investors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/bhp-backed-solgold-turns-to-speedier-mine-plan-to-woo-investors</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 15:57:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8_KTTJpQReM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8_KTTJpQReM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Copper cathode sheets ready for shipment at the KGHM Polska Miedz SA copper smelter in Glogow, Poland, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Poland’s government reduced its economic growth target for this year, citing external risks such as US trade policies and the war in Ukraine.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador Bonds Soar as Trump Ally Noboa Wins Key Runoff Vote]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/ecuador-opposition-candidate-gonzalez-calls-for-vote-recount</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/ecuador-opposition-candidate-gonzalez-calls-for-vote-recount</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 01:11:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivUwansxJsdo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivUwansxJsdo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Daniel Noboa speaks during an election-night rally in Olón, Ecuador, on April 13.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Ally Noboa on Track for Reelection in Crisis-Torn Ecuador]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/ecuador-exit-poll-shows-narrow-win-for-president-noboa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/ecuador-exit-poll-shows-narrow-win-for-president-noboa</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:06:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iN0nJrB5kumU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iN0nJrB5kumU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Daniel Noboa arrives with his family to cast a ballot at a polling station in Olon, Ecuador, on Sunday.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resurgent Socialist Seeks to Oust Trump Ally in Ecuador Election]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/resurgent-socialist-seeks-to-oust-trump-ally-in-ecuador-election</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/resurgent-socialist-seeks-to-oust-trump-ally-in-ecuador-election</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijKBVFb5bQ.U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijKBVFb5bQ.U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A banner with image of Luisa Gonzalez in Guayaquil, Ecuador on April 11.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador’s Election Hinges on Indigenous Voters Torn Between Security, Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[With Noboa and González in a dead heat, the concerns of those that backed the third-place candidate will be key to deciding Sunday’s presidential runoff.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-11/ecuador-election-2025-indigenous-voters-may-decide-presidential-runoff-winner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-11/ecuador-election-2025-indigenous-voters-may-decide-presidential-runoff-winner</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Kueffner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJ6gK7dN.vQ4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJ6gK7dN.vQ4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Leonidas Iza, the candidate for the Pachakutik party, is backing Luisa González after coming in third in the first round. </media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>