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Mercosur is not working, good relations between two presidents ‘are not enough’
President Jose Mujica admitted to Uruguayan manufacturers and farmers that with recurrent Argentine and Brazilian obstacles to trade “it’s very hard to make Mercosur function” and good relations between presidents “are not enough”. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesthis is so funny, I said this months ago, mercosur is crap! Paraguay wants to commit fraud, Paraguay wants to sell energy that belongs to us. Paraguay didn't give a single penny for Yaciretá and Itaipu, but wants to live with the benefits without paying anything, that “paraguayan power” in reality is argentinian and brazilian power, stop crying guaraníes :)
Sep 15th, 2011 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Some people in Uruguay are not happy with el pepe mujica, they call him a traitor :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwrrATAs-wg&feature=player_embedded
Paraguay, once again, xbox thinks you should go, everybody is in the wrong,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0except argentina, for she can do no wrong,
all those that feel this is a two way deal, should leave, and let argentina and brazil go it alone,
brazil will soon get fed up of argentine greed and arrogence, and drop her,
then argentina, xbox, and the others can form their own little club,
and spend the rest of their lives talking to each other, for thats all they can do
talk,
@ 2 puppy, don't bite people, it's wrong :)
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 3 puppy, don't bite people dogs do , it's wrong :)
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2 with all your respect Briton, in this case you are wrong
Sep 16th, 2011 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 5, respect excepted,
Sep 16th, 2011 - 04:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it was only an opinion,
but do you not think that argentina is being a bit harsh on Paraguay
i realise she is corupt, and has her own problems, but im given the impression that she is only trying to benifit her people,
but of course i may well be wrong, being an outsider ?
@6 Sure but we can't have 2 sets of standards, if you owe you need to pay, plain and simple.
Sep 16th, 2011 - 06:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0which the economic union runs in the world ?...none of them !!
Sep 16th, 2011 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they don't know what they want ... !!
Artillero601
Sep 16th, 2011 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0one standard only, as you say, if you owe money, you should pay no matter what, or refuse or go bankrupt, you should pay,
just a pity their are some countries that avoid there debts,
but you are correct,,////
geo,
again you lost me ??
Mujica is making important points in a VERY measured fashion.
Sep 16th, 2011 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He does not want to set the seeds of an internal Mercosur 'war', but he is reinforcing the Paraguayan message of last week - the big boys had better start getting their shit together IN PRACTICAL TERMS, on the ground and at all levels of operation.
What are sorely needed are inter-country protocols that actually work and arbitration agencies that can arbitrate and thereby keep trade flowing.
What is imperative is that all Mercosur countries, *especially Argentina*, start playing by the common set of rules.
The big threat for PA and UG is that, if Argentina goes down the tubes, she takes the minnows with her.
PS. No idea what postings 1 to 9 are arguing about !!!
@10
Sep 16th, 2011 - 07:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We were talking about Paraguay and then Uruguay got in the middle :-)
I believe that all of you should re-read the article and your statements. The article was about Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazul and their relationships via Mercosur. I could not find anything about Paraguay - if you do not mix apples and oranges in your evaluations and comments, it might be easier to understand each of your ideas.
Sep 16th, 2011 - 10:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@12
Sep 17th, 2011 - 12:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0Read Briton at # 6
Lo siento, que no entiendo el punto.
Sep 17th, 2011 - 05:33 am - Link - Report abuse 014 jerry
Sep 17th, 2011 - 05:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are absolutely correct, it does not mention about Paraguay at all,
I have just re-read this,
Mmmm now I wonder how on earth I did that, an honest mistake,
I have no idea how this happened,, MY error, then my mistake,
13 Artillero601 [read Briton at 6]
Did not you realise I had made an error, ,a few of us ,, rather odd if I may say so,
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Anyway guys my fault,
Onwards and upwards as they say, ,,
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@15 Not a big deal
Sep 17th, 2011 - 11:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0no, no big deal
Sep 18th, 2011 - 06:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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