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Montevideo, January 5th 2026 - 01:57 UTC

Mercosur

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:08 UTC

    French farmers parade cows in front of the Brazilian Embassy

    The demonstrators were reacting to statements from President Emmanuel Macron

    Some 100 French farmers and ranchers paraded Wednesday in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Paris with Charolais cows and T-shirts reading “Beef producers furious!” as the National Beef Federation (Federation Nationale Bovine - FNB) demonstrated its strong opposition to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Paraguay reviews options regarding refueling along Paraná Waterway

    Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano will also be involved in a series of events marking 68 years of ties with Taiwan

    Paraguay's Foreign Ministry and private sector associations regarding fuel bunkering operations at kilometer 171 of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway started a round of discussions Thursday in Asunción after Argentina's customs authority announced a potential suspension of these operations.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Arce addresses domestic and global issues at Mercosur Summit

    Arce presented a forward-looking proposal for regional productive integration within Mercosur

    During his speech at the 66th Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council and the Summit of Presidents of Mercosur and Associated States in Buenos Aires, Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora addressed both domestic challenges and regional aspirations.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Orsi invited Milei over to Montevideo

    “It is not a good thing for us to meddle in the affairs of other countries,” Orsi insisted

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi extended a formal invitation to his Argentine colleague, Javier Milei, to visit Montevideo during their bilateral meeting, lasting approximately 30 minutes, as part of the 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 22:19 UTC

    Lula visits CFK at her Buenos Aires apartment

    Lula stayed less than an hour at the residence in Buenos Aires' Constitución neighborhood

    Following his participation at the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit at the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid a visit to former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the apartment in the Coonstitución neighborhood where she is serving a six-year prison sentence for overpriced public works contracts and bid rigging, under the house arrest modality.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 18:12 UTC

    Brazil formally handed over Mercosur's rotating presidency

    Lula hopes to have the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU before the end of the year

    Argentine President Javier Milei formally transferred the pro tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the close of the bloc's summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 17:44 UTC

    Mercosur Summit: Milei pledges to go through together or solo

    The gathering took place at the Palacio San Martín (Foreign Ministry) in Buenos Aires

    Argentine President Javier Milei urged the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) on Thursday to abandon its “destructive inertia,” as he hosted the bloc's Summit in Buenos Aires. He also underscored his government's commitment to “the path of freedom,” warning that “we will embark on” it, “either accompanied or alone.”

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 23:34 UTC

    Mercosur-EFTA FTA announced in Buenos Aires

    Meetings of Foreign and Economy Ministers preceded the Mercosur Summit, bringing leaders together on Thursday

    The Southern Common Market's (Mercosur) Summit in Buenos Aires kicked off Wednesday with the announcement by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) finalized with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland). The documents are to be signed in the coming months.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 19:59 UTC

    Court allows CFK to receive Lula's visit

    The exact time of Lula's visit to CFK is yet to be confirmed

    Buenos Aires Judge Jorge Gorini Wednesday acquiesced to a request from former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's (CFK) legal team and authorized former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to visit her Thursday at the apartment where she is serving a six-year sentence for corruption under house arrest.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 15:07 UTC

    Mercosur widens list of external tariff-free goods

    Certain restrictions apply to avoid concentration in any economic sector

    The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries will be allowed to add 50 product types to the bloc's common external tariff-free items, per an agreement signed in Montevideo.