MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Paraguay downplays Mujica’s warning calling for a ‘pragmatic’ return to Mercosur
Paraguay’s incoming government foreign policy advisor Eladio Loizaga downplayed Mercosur veiled warning calling for a quick return of the country to the block because ‘Paraguay is landlocked and needs the Parana River and the River Plate to reach the sea’. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesKeep it up Paraguay.
Jul 31st, 2013 - 08:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0You've got them in a flap and are only summing new friends and respect with this stronger and more forthright attitude.
Oh dear, looks like Paraguay is demanding its “rights”. Only one answer. Venezuela needs to be returned to its previous “candidate” status. The mercosur presidency needs to be given to Paraguay for a full 6-month term. And mercosur needs to abjectly apologise and admit that its actions were illegitimate.
Jul 31st, 2013 - 08:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Go Paraguay.
A good answer.
Jul 31st, 2013 - 08:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0How can anyone, be they an individual, organisation or even a State(country) have any respect for an organisation that does not respect/abide by its own constitution?
Jul 31st, 2013 - 12:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Go for it Paraguay, either make 'them' abide by their constitution or walk away.
The congenital commie idiots of Brazil, The Dark Country, Uruguay and Venezuela are making themselves look more stupid over this every day.
Jul 31st, 2013 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And to pick Pepe to ‘give a message’ is like asking Gollum to tell the truth: ‘it ain’t ever going to happen in the way they thought’.
I love Uruguay and the people of Uruguay (apart from the thugs in MVD) but oh my, they do pick their “Rulers”.
“Mujica apparently was chosen by the other associates to send the strong message to Paraguay”
Jul 31st, 2013 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How did the above become known? Where did Mercopress get this from? The key word here might be “apparently”. Why is it “apparent” that Mujica was chosen as a messenger for this message? Again, where did this come from?
Mujica was “speaking with the official Cuban News Agency”. That is who Mercopress got this information from?!!
In this article, not even Advisor Loizaga “specifically” accuses Pepe of threatening Paraguay. ““I don’t know in what context President Mujica made the comments”.
When Pepe pointed out the Rivers Parana and Plate as significant conduits for Paraguay's trade, was it clearly insinuated as a threat of blockade?
Is it possible Pepe was only pointing out a geographical reality. Do most of Paraguay's exports travel on these rivers and enter into the economies on the Atlantic? Or no?
I still think Mercosur is a basket case of a system. Probably due to Argentina. The CFK administration has “the touch of death”, they ruin everything they come near. Is Mercosur really helping the regular people of these countries?
Also, what does this mean?
“through where most of the Mediterranean country’s trade is channelled.” What Mediterranean country?!
This seems like piss poor translating. Not even proof read. Also, this title,
“Mujica in veiled message tells Paraguay to return to Mercosur and remember it’s a landlocked country”. I think the common phrase is, “veiled threat”.
I have another question;
Would Mercopress purposely skew a Spanish to English translation to cater to the sentiments of its readers?
@6 Think about it. How would Paraguay, be it Franco or Cartes, respond to words from the mad bitch? Rousseff got her invitation to Cartes rejected. Maduro would be a non-starter. Who's left?
Jul 31st, 2013 - 02:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are you not aware of how “messages” are passed “obliquely”?
I can't see from what I read that this was a veiled “message” to Paraguay. Maybe in this paragraph,
Jul 31st, 2013 - 03:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“But Mujica also underlined that the suspension imposed on Paraguay in June 2012 was “mostly symbolic” since trade was not frozen or traffic along the rivers that connect Paraguay with the open sea, paralyzed.”
So you think this was indeed a threat by Argentina and Uruguay to blockade Paraguayan trade on the Rio Plate?
Paraguay.
Jul 31st, 2013 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0should do what is best for them.
not what is best for other countries.
Briton, Paraguay is not country. Paraguay belongs Brazil, BAMF where are you?
Jul 31st, 2013 - 03:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And you can prove this can you..
Jul 31st, 2013 - 03:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0she is intitled to her freedom to what is best for them.
I can with my eyes. You too, with your eyes. With statistics, with employes, with wealth, with growth, with ALL. Paraguay is ours, believe me, my friend.
Jul 31st, 2013 - 03:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0come come, if brazil can claim Paraguay ,
Jul 31st, 2013 - 03:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0then the great CFK can claim Brazil,
would you want to be called argentinian..?
Brasileiro...
Jul 31st, 2013 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brazilians, like myself, have left Brazil because the government is unable to offer a good enviornment for businesses. The high taxes, high regulations, poor trade relations, make it difficult for small and medium companies to operate in Brazil. For these reasons us Brazilians have left and gone to Paraguay. Our children are no longer Brazilians but Paraguayans. Though we maintain many of our Brazilian culture, we have no desire to be a part of something that we already have experienced and rejected.
What up with Mercopress? Time stamps are all over the place - it says 00.02 UTC at the top of the page but it is actually 04.02 UTC.
Aug 01st, 2013 - 12:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0What time will it say when I hit submit?
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Aug 01st, 2013 - 04:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0I have contacted MP and asked for an explanation of how they record times. It seems that I can post in the middle of the night when I am crashed out. Maybe I have some supernatural power so that my thought waves enter my computer and post themselves. That IS creepy !
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