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Mercosur is stalled: nobody comes knocking on the door, says Mujica
Uruguay's President José Mujica said that Mercosur bloc is “stalled” and has no natural institutional operation to push other countries to express their willingness to enter it plus lacking the fluidity of a natural relationship. Read full article
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Jan 30th, 2012 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0In other words one of the most influential members of mercosur is that irritating thorn just east of Chile who won't do anything with anyone unless they back up the claim to the Falklands. Be honest my Argentine amigos the only reason that Uruguay, Brazil, Chile etc back your unfounded claim to my Islands is to secure trade with Argentina, there is no other reason why they do it.
I see now that CFK is trying to change the constitution again to try and stay in power for a third run, then she will try for a forth etc, all to the detriment of Argentina. You can tell how good a leader she is by the fact that there is a growing movement within Argentina that is questioning the honesty of the claim to the Falklands.
It looks like CFK's cut throat policies (pardon the pun) are starting to wear out.
Mercosur is an organisation with two big and two small members and now a thug wants to join (if he lives long enough).
Jan 30th, 2012 - 01:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It might be time for something better.
It's really good to see a mercosur national president speaking forthrightly, openly and honestly about the state of Mercosur.
Jan 30th, 2012 - 02:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I have posted frequently on this site, saying exactly the same as Mujica. saying that there is no future for Mercosur unless the partners work with commonality, and build up an administration that creates rapidly the protocols that attract world trade to the common good of all members.
Success of the organisation is not to be measured in the number of countries that want to join (Venezuela and Ecuador) - for God's sake we have seen the EU out-reach its own capabilities,
it is to be measured in the desire of the world's countries and trading blocs to beat a path to its door and to drive towards mutually valuable trading deals.
@ 1 Falkland Friend
Jan 30th, 2012 - 04:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Leaving the Malvinas/Falklands issue aside, trade is important, so is the oil downthere, and the UK is running out of it, I call that a coincidence
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