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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia apuesta por el turismo para reactivar su economía y atraer divisas]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Conocida desde hace tiempo por la minería y los combustibles fósiles, esta nación andina apuesta ahora por sus recursos naturales como forma de atraer a visitantes extranjeros —y divisas fuertes—.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:15:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Seeks a $3 Billion Tourism Boost to Revive Its Crumbling Economy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Long known for mining and fossil fuels, the Andean nation is now eyeing its natural resources as a way to attract foreign visitors — and hard currency.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Arrests Former Central Bank Officials Over Bond Swaps]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:44:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fuel Shortages Reappear Across Bolivia, Rattling New US Ally]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:10:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Head of Bolivian State Oil Company Quits After Less Than a Month]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Investor-Friendly Bill Seeks to Revive Bolivia’s Gas Sector]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sinking Gas Exports Leave Cash-Strapped Bolivia Needing IMF Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Halts Vitol, Trafigura Contracts Over Fuel Problems]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Wins Credit Rating Upgrade After Coupon Payment Pledge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cartel Boss on DEA’s ‘Most Wanted’ List Captured in Bolivia Raid]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:40:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Police officers stand guard at the Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where Uruguayan alleged drug trafficker Sebastian Marset is reportedly being transferred after an operation carried out by agents from the Special Counter-Narcotics Force and the Tactical Police Operations Unit (UTOP), on March 13, 2026. A top Latin American narco trafficker, Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, who was wanted in several countries, including the United States, was arrested Friday in Bolivia.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Pledges to Meet Debt Payments as Swap Talks Move Ahead]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:10:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jose Gabriel Espinoza, Bolivia’s finance minister, during an interview in La Paz, Bolivia, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Bolivia’s new government expects to secure up to $5 billion in multilateral loans next year and return to international credit markets in late 2026 or early 2027, Espinoza said in an interview. Photographer: Marcelo Perez del Carpio/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Revives Long-Dead US Alliance at Trump’s Florida Summit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Presidents Donald Trump, right, and Rodrigo Paz pose for a photo at the“Shield of the Americas” Summit at Trump National Doral on March 7.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chaos Rocks Bolivia After Bank Voids $62 Million That Fell From Sky]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Businesses are unsure what notes to accept, leaving customers panicked that their real money is now worthless.  ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcelo Rochabrun]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:34:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Raids Homes Looking for Millions in Cash Taken From Plane Wreck Site]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/bolivia-raids-homes-looking-for-millions-in-cash-taken-from-plane-wreck-site</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:16:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Races to Destroy $62 Million in Cash That Fell From Sky]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcelo Rochabrun]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Plane Carrying Bank Cash Crashes, Killing at Least 10]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio Mendoza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Steelmaker Weighs Deducting Mill Losses From China Loan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:40:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Seeks as Much as $3.3 Billion in IMF Financing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorgelina Do Rosario]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolivia Cancels Chinese Zinc Project, Demands Steel Plant Fixes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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