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

Country	Title	Date	Source	Language
Argentina	Argentina Receives Social Assistance Loan of US$ 500 Million	15-Dec	EFE	Spanish
Brazil	Brazilian Retail Sales Grow 8.46% in October	15-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
Brazil	Brazil Plans to Raise Minimum Wage 15 Percent in 2005 to 300 Reais a Month	15-Dec	Bloomberg	English
Brazil	Brazil's Central Bank Raises Key Rate to 17.75 Pct	15-Dec	Reuters	English
Brazil	Brazil Set to Issue Local Currency Bond in '05 - Levy	15-Dec	Reuters	English
Brazil	IMF Approves Brazil Loan Review, Releases $1.4 Bln	15-Dec	Reuters	English
Chile	Chilean Government Sends Mining Royalty Proposal to Congress	15-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
Colombia	Colombian Capital Controls Unlikely to Weaken Peso	15-Dec	Reuters	English
Mexico	Brief Boom Ending at Mexico Maquiladora Factories	15-Dec	Reuters	English
Mexico	Demand for Goods and Services Grew 5.7% in Third Quarter of 2004	15-Dec	EFE	Spanish
Peru	Peruvian Economy Decelerates and Grows 2.05% in October	15-Dec	Reuters	Spanish
Venezuela	Venezuela Bank to Hand over Proceeds	15-Dec	Associated Press	English
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