Paraguayan president plans round of visits to Mercosur neighbours

Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:39 UTC

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Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes will be making a round of visits to neighbouring countries beginning with Argentina, which will be followed by Brazil, Uruguay and Chile before the end of the year, revealed foreign ministry sources. Read full article

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Anglotino
Well the inauguration came and went and still Paraguay is in no rush to recommit to Mercosur.

The Brazilian and Argentinean governments must be very confused as to what the hell this guy will do next!
Aug 27th, 2013 - 05:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
And what should he do? “it is demanding an ‘institutional exit’ to the incorporation of Venezuela.” That sounds about right. Venezuela to revert to its previous status as a “hopeful”. Then mercosur will have no “president”. So Paraguay can take over. And perhaps it can put in train measures so that, in future, suspension of a member must be determined by an impartial authority. And argieland, Brazil and Uruguay to be sanctioned for their illegitimate actions!
Aug 27th, 2013 - 07:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
I was intrigued by Cartes going to The Dark Country first until I read further down.

TMBOA presented him with a copy of a decree by which Argentina returns spoils of the so called Triple Alliance war (1865/1870) when Paraguay was defeated by Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, and which belonged to Mariscal Francisco Solano Lopez probably the most revered of Paraguayan national heroes.

Nobody thinks, do they at this late stage, that TMBOA is learning diplomacy?
Aug 27th, 2013 - 05:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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aedi
Surely he will be visiting his jailed uncle in Uruguay !!
Aug 28th, 2013 - 03:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
His Whole Family are narco traffickers. He himself was charged for having an airplane full of the stuff landing in his own backyard.
But somehow, this lot intends to make us believe this guy is legit...
Aug 28th, 2013 - 11:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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cornelius
Stevie he was never involved in drug trafficking only in money laundering, but he did not kidnaps people or robbed banks like some of the Mercosur so call leaders.
Aug 28th, 2013 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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aedi
In this world there are “Good” and “Bad” drug barons, terrorists, dictators, money launderers, democratically elected Presidents , war criminals, weapons of mass destruction, bloggers, commentators, Peace Nobel Price winners, intelligence agencies, et cetera.
All depends whether they are with U.S or against U.S. that's all folks !!
Aug 28th, 2013 - 08:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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