Mercosur Review Tribunal rejects Paraguay’s demand against suspension

Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 09:23 UTC

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Mercosur Standing Review Tribunal rejected Paraguay’s demand against its temporary suspension from the trade and integration group and the inclusion of Venezuela as a full member. Read full article

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Idlehands
This highlights that Mercosur has all the credibility of a Mickey Mouse cartoon - but without the fun bits.
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 09:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
All being well, Paraguay will now have the sense to dump mercosur and join the Pacific Alliance.
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 10:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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TreborDoyle
Just when you think it can't get any more hopeless, the South Americans kill the patient!

Credibility gone, Paraguay should follow and leave Mercosur to its own stupidity.
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 12:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Mercosur has shown itself to be credible here, no modern integrtion body should allow a coup in one of its members to go unpunished
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 02:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
You don't think the suspension was designed to push through the membership of Venezuela then BK? All hunky dory and above board? Please advise what laws were broken in Paraguay to oust their president?

NB You forgot to mention how pretty the old harridan is - your standards are slipping.
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
But was anybody surprised after the kangaroo court, saying it would wait for the result of the appeal and then changed it's mind and, confirmed the suspension anyway?
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 02:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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agent999
Why does Brazil get two members on the tribunal ?
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 04:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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JoseAngeldeMonterrey
Mercosur had a second chance to resolve the conflict appropriately. They could have called on constitutionalist experts to debate whether it was legal for Paraguay´s constitution to depose Lugo, but they did not.

Now Paraguay has no other option but to get out of Mercosur.
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 05:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
mercosur is, without doubt, an imperialist, colonialist, totalitarian, dictatorial “organisation”. Democracy? It doesn't know the meaning of the word. Just look at BK. Internal constitutional action = “coup”. Removal of corrupt president = “coup”. Let's make some comparisons. Did Paraguay threaten anyone outside its borders? Only if legitimacy is a threat. Was Iraq a threat? Under Saddam Hussein - yes. SH threatened the whole “stability” of the Middle East. It attacked Kuwait. It threatend and attacked Saudi Arabia. It threatened and attacked Israel. Afghanistan? A “home” for the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Lawless, terrorist organisations similar to El Campora. And what's the other one? The argie raghead cowards.
But mercosur does have something in common with argieland and BK. Shite. Built on it. Made of it. And full of it!
Jul 23rd, 2012 - 05:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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