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Mercosur controversy, Cartes main challenge when he takes office on Thursday
Most presidents and top authorities that will attend the inauguration of Paraguayan president-elect Horacio Cartes on Thursday morning arrived in Asunción on Wednesday and most of them have already held private meetings with the future leader of the country. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesParaguay should market itself as the heart of South America.
Aug 15th, 2013 - 04:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Because it definitely has the rest of the continent running around in different degrees of panic and admiration. The centre of attention.
It will be interesting seeing a businessman in charge rather than a politician or an administrator.
Aug 15th, 2013 - 07:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0We live in hope for this poor little country with not a lot going for it.
@2 Paraguay has a lot more going for it than you “think”. For a start, Paraguay has the support of virtually every democratic nation. All of whom seem to be disgusted by the dictatorial actions of fascist little mercosur. All Paraguay needs to do is ask.
Aug 15th, 2013 - 12:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 02 GeoffWard2
Aug 15th, 2013 - 01:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Businessman in charge?
He will have to horse trade with the politicians to get anything done and that may affect him adversely but let us all hope not.
A new hope. Objective 1: Mercosul more independent to make individuals deal. Objective 2: Integration with Pacific Alliance. Objective 3: Less politics, more money and “inversiones”. Objective 4: LOVE, LOVE. A new hope!
Aug 15th, 2013 - 05:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#5
Aug 15th, 2013 - 05:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So what you are actually saying re Objective 3 is: Kick out Argentina.
I can understand and agree.
Argentina is very, very, very important. Mercosul needs Argentina. Strong people, strong economie. Bur, the KK in soon will be the past, Argentina is eternal.
Aug 15th, 2013 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Why would the Pacific Alliance want to integrate with Mercosur?
Aug 15th, 2013 - 07:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Colombia, Peru and Chile have associate membership and wouldn't gain anything more. And after watching Mercosur's treatment of Paraguay as well as listening to Brazilians like Brasileiro who think that Brazil should be the continental bully; I don't think that the Pacific Alliance is that silly that they would want to damage their project that badly.
No let Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance go their seperate ways and may the best team win the prosperity.
Sorry Brasileiro, but you are stuck with Argentina and Venezuela and soon you will gain Bolivia. How lucky is Brazil now?
Time friend, time. Ours marketshare is giant. Our population have money to buy anything. So, PA need sell yours products.....i don't know very well whats products....details. But, South America is a baby...hahaha. And we died in eighty years. May be a news generations will be better than us.
Aug 15th, 2013 - 08:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And there is your mistake Brasiliero.
Aug 16th, 2013 - 02:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Pacific Alliance looks outwards to other parts of the world and Brazil doesn't.
As for your giant market share, Brazil's economy isn't much bigger than the current four members of the Pacific Alliance. Considering all PA members have higher growth rates than Brazil, this gap will narrow.
Also the Pacific Alliance have a larger population than Brazil and most have higher birth rates so this gap will grow.
@brasileiro Brazil is pathetic I visit there frequently is corrupt and on his way to be Bolivarian they have the most inefficient economy with 36 different taxes a cumbersome bureaucracy we have a manufacturing plant in brazil and is more expensive to make products in brazil than in the us you are a protectionist and corrupt you will never amount to anything unless you change your ways and that is by not electing ex terrorist incompetent leaders from you foreign minister Patriota a dumb ass with a socialist pathetic brain. One more think they steal energy from Paraguay too.
Aug 18th, 2013 - 11:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0cornelius I am Brazilian and have to say that you did not pass a complete idea about Brazil. Brazil is much worse than that you write and I congratulate you for your frank and real view of this pathetic country that is going somewhere below African standards...
Aug 19th, 2013 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Instead of giving back furniture it would be nicer to give back occupied land.
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