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Montevideo, March 28th 2024 - 22:59 UTC

Tag: European Union

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:13 UTC

    Deforestation controversy: despite EU landmark legislation, Brazil will keep to its own legal system

    Former agriculture minister Roberto Rodriguez said the law amounted to a non-tariff trade barrier, calling it “exaggerated protectionism.”

    Brazil’s government said it could not interfere with a landmark EU law banning imports of commodities linked to deforestation but will keep farming according to its own laws. The law approved by the European Parliament on April 19 bans imports of coffee, beef, soy, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, wood, charcoal and derived products including leather, chocolate and furniture if they are linked to forest destruction.

  • Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Borrell and Petro discuss peace process

    Latin America has to promote peace in Ukraine, but not the peace of the defeated, Borrell tells Petro

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro, and the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, gathered in Bogota's Casa de Nariño Friday to discuss the ongoing peace process in the South American country and other bilateral issues. Borrell also announced donations of € 26 million.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    EU Mission Chief meets Paraguayan President ahead of elections

    Mato highlighted the atmosphere of tranquility that currently exists in Paraguay

    Spanish European Union (EU) MP Gabriel Mato, who heads the bloc's Electoral Mission in Paraguay, Tuesday met with President Mario Abdo Benítez to finalize the details of the April 30 polls whereby the latter's successor will be chosen.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazilian official says Mercosur-EU deal may be closed this year

    None of the obstacles is insurmountable, Elias explained

    Márcio Elias, executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, said Sunday that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Why was Lula not quite welcome in Lisbon?

    Brazil's President landed in Portugal on an official visit seeking to reverse the isolation from the Bolsonar years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday landed in Lisbon for the first stop of his European tour seeking to overcome the isolation the South American country sank into under Jair Bolsonaro. However, it was not all cheers and smiles following his remarks regarding Ukraine and Russia, whom he both blamed for starting the current war.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula's stance could jeopardize Mercosur-EU deal

    Commentators on Brazil's opposition media Jovem Pan this week even suggested Lula seeking the Nobel Peace Prize would be a good explanation

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the war in Ukraine might jeopardize the Mercosur-European Union deal, according to a confidential report drafted ahead of a European foreign ministers' summit and accessed by Politico.

  • Monday, April 17th 2023 - 22:58 UTC

    G7 foreign ministers working for consensus on a possible escalation of China/Taiwan conflict

    Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said they ought “demonstrate to the world the G7's strong determination” to defend the “international order based on the rule of law.”

    China became a controversial topic in discussions on Monday as the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies gathered in Japan for a second day of talks, with the European Union divided as to how react to a Taiwan major conflict.

  • Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:30 UTC

    An optimistic Lacalle warns about authoritarian temptations

    If there is one thing that democracy does, it is to protect those who really cannot do it on their own,” Lacalle underscored

    During his speech at the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou spoke about the need to “serve the weakest” and avoid “authoritarian temptations.” Lacalle also underlined the importance that ratifying the Mercosur trade deal with the European Union would have in that regard.

  • Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    EU upgrades Uruguay's status regarding tax cooperation

    Biestro pointed out that some changes which came into force in 2023 made this announcement possible

    Uruguay has been recognized as a “cooperating jurisdiction without commitments” by the European Union (EU) after a series of taxation improvements, the South American country's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) confirmed Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    “Bregret”, the new word to express regret for voting Britain lo leave the EU

    Focaldata taking in 10,000 people across the country, asked respondents whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement, “Britain was wrong to leave the EU”.

    Like Brexit a few years ago, popular vocabulary in UK has incorporated “Bregret”, basically meaning “regretting the decision to vote for Britain leaving the European Union”. And one of the latest opinion polls indicates a dramatic shift in the UK as to such a momentous vote. The poll, by Focaldata and taking in 10,000 people across the country, asked respondents whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement, “Britain was wrong to leave the EU”.