Stories for 2013

Monday, May 6th 2013 - 05:30 UTC
Ecuador to begin negotiations to join Mercosur, after reaching accord with the EU

Ecuador will notify its intention of beginning negotiation to join Mercosur, while at the same time closing a trade agreement with the European Union. The announcement was made by President Rafael Correa during his regular weekly reports on radio and television.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 05:18 UTC
Bolivia full incorporation to Mercosur now rests on legislative approval from other members

Bolivia has completed the presentation of its Mercosur incorporation protocol, which opens the way for the parliaments of the different member-countries to begin considering and ratifying her full membership. Once completed Bolivia becomes the sixth full member next to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 02:53 UTC
Spain angry with political system: protests outside the homes of elected officials

Public support for Spain’s ruling centre-right party the PP has slipped following a high-level corruption scandal and ongoing recession, and Spaniards remain pessimistic about the political and economic outlook, a poll showed last Friday.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 01:55 UTC
Euro-zone admits deeper recession and higher unemployment in 2013

The recession in the Euro-zone will be worse than expected with unemployment remaining at record levels, says the EU in its latest economic forecast. The EU said that GDP in the 17 Euro-zone countries will shrink by 0.4% this year, better than the 0.6% for 2012 but 0.1% points worse than the EU had forecast back in February.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
EU confident trade accord with Mercosur will be signed at the beginning of 2014

The chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Mercosur, MEP Luis Yañez Barnuevo currently visiting Argentina and Uruguay said he was “confident the trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and the EU will be signed at the beginning of 2014”.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:54 UTC
Mujica wants to meet Pope Francis: social programs, housing and abortion in the agenda

Uruguay has formally requested Pope Francis to receive President Jose Mujica when he travels at the end of the month to China, Spain and Italy. Mujica is an agnostic and Uruguay is one of the few Latinamerican countries in which the Catholic Church has been separated from the State for almost a century.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:48 UTC
Brazil and Argentina working to find a long-standing agreement on trade, says Marco Aurelio

Brazil and Argentina are trying to address their economic and trade differences so that they can reach a long-standing, long term solution, said Marco Aurelio García, the Brazilian Executive advisor on foreign issues and trouble shooter for this kind of conflicts.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:34 UTC
Uruguayans on average have to work 128 days a year to pay their taxes

Uruguayans on average work 128 days, over a third of the year to pay taxes, according to a report from a local lobby group based on the “Tax-free day” which supposedly marks the end of the time dedicated to contribute to the treasury.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:28 UTC
Maduro visits Uruguay on his first overseas trip since becoming elected president

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins next Tuesday an official one visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 10:08 UTC
Brazil furious with Cristina Fernandez non-kept promises freezes relation

Brazil has virtually frozen political and economic relations with Argentina following serious discrepancies that were confirmed during the recent summit of presidents Cristina Fernandez with Dilma Rousseff who cut short the originally scheduled two-day visit to Buenos Aires.