Latin America News: The Latest Economic News for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Country	Title	Date	Source	Language
Argentina	Lavagna Sees Argentine Growth at 7.0% in 2003	11-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
Brazil	Brazil's Credit Rating Outlook Raised to Positive by Standard & Poor's	11-Dec	Bloomberg	English
Brazil	Brazil's Senate Passes Lula's Bill to Cut Pension Spending in Final Voting	11-Dec	Bloomberg	English
Chile	Chile's Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Rate to 2.25 Percent on Slow Inflation	11-Dec	Bloomberg	English
Colombia	Congressional Committees Deny Advancement of VAT and Pensions Tax	11-Dec	Portafolio	Spanish
Colombia	Prices on 80 Food Products of Frozen	11-Dec	Portafolio	Spanish
Mexico	Mexican Industrial Production -1.1% in October vs 2002	11-Dec	Dow Jones	Spanish
Mexico	Mexican Lower House Deputies Reject Sales Taxes on Food and Mexicine	11-Dec	Bloomberg	English
Mexico	Mexican Central Bank Maintains Restrictive Monetary Policy	11-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
Peru	President Toledo Presents Cabinet without Beatriz Merino	11-Dec	El Comercio	Spanish
Venezuela	Central Bank Director Says Venezuelan Economy Could Grow in Fourth Quarter	11-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
Venezuela	Venezuela Evaluating Parallel Currency Market in 2004	11-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
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