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        <title><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Seeks New Measures to Tame War Impact on Fuels]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martha Beck]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil&apos;s president, during a joint press conference with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa&apos;s president, not pictured, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Ramaphosa’s visit to Brazil will focus on enhancing diplomatic and political relations, as well as economic and commercial relations between the two countries.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bankers Descend on Untapped $270 Billion Market Far From Brazil's Wall Street]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Money managers are descending on the countryside to reach deeper into a nearly untapped market.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Fatima Martins, the commercial head of agribusiness at investment bank XP, visits with Volney Aquino Santos, owner of a soybean processing company in the state of Tocantins.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[After 95% Drop, Brazil’s Worst Stock Is Ready for a Makeover]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leda Alvim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Hapvida Notredame Intermedica medical facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rates Rout Fuels Worst Month for Brazil Hedge Funds Since 2020]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Felipe Saturnino]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:57:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bradesco, Odontoprev Form $10 Billion Brazilian Health Giant]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriel Diniz Tavares]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:40:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lula Faces Political Blowback in Brazil Over Carnival Parade Tribute]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Members of Academicos de Niteroi perform during 2026 Carnival parades at Sapucai Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 15.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Itau in Talks With Ex-Central Banker for Economist Job]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Gamarski]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Diogo Guillen</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Itau Taps Wu for Investment Strategy Role, Succeeding McCarthy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Gamarski]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:44:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil's Equity Fund Managers Pin Hopes on Rate Cuts to Reverse Record Outflows]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leda Alvim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:36:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Fuel Scheme Crackdown Sparks Rally in Distributor Shares]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[JBS CEO Says Plan Is to Have 100% of Cattle Traceable in Brazil]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/jbs-ceo-says-plan-is-to-have-100-of-cattle-traceable-in-brazil</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:28:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Central Bank Tightens Rules Amid Fintech Crackdown]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matheus Piovesana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Batista Brothers’ Firm Buys Eletrobras Nuclear Asset for $98 Million]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Gamarski]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:31:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CEO of Latin America’s Top Water Utility Is Now Hunting for Deals]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ambipar Chief’s Collateral Wrested Away in Brazil Utility Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Sabesp water storage tank, a state-owned water and sewage treatment company, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Latin America&apos;s largest water utility got the green light to be privatized next year, in a win for right-wing Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, who has pledged to improve public services.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Batista Family to Keep Injecting Capital Into Its PicPay Fintech]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matheus Piovesana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Domestic Stocks Soar Despite Slow Growth, High Rates in Brazil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leda Alvim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The financial district in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Brazil&apos;s central bank raised its interest rate by a quarter-point and said more hikes are coming on resilient growth and inflation expectations, moving in the opposite direction of the Federal Reserve and regional peers.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banco do Brasil Stock Rebounds on Government’s Agriculture Aid]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:51:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Lula Loans’ Backfire in Brazil as Credit Gets More Expensive]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matheus Piovesana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Photographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Investors Warn of Political Impact of Tariffs in Election]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Nascimento]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A container ship docked at the Port of Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Donald Trump&apos;s threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods sent the country&apos;s currency plunging as the US leader sharply escalated a dispute with Latin America&apos;s largest nation and leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.</media:description>
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