Montevideo expected to host Mercosur two in one summits next August

Monday, April 28th 2014 - 08:01 UTC

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Montevideo will be hosting the much delayed Mercosur (December) summit sometime next August as part of the 'normalization ' process, according to sources from the Uruguayan foreign ministry following revelations that negotiations with that purpose have been ongoing for several months now. Read full article

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bushpilot
Stevie,

How's it going up there in Denmark?

Tell me more about when you were fighting right alongside Che Guevarra in the Bolivian peasant wars. You even saved his life once, right?
Apr 28th, 2014 - 02:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
If the presidency of Mercosur passes to Paraguay
and the chairmanship goes to President Horacio Cartes of Paraguay,
why is the next round of Mercosur summits being taken over by Mujica?

Just because Venezuela 'can't organise a piss-up-in-a- brewery' and was unable to run the Mercosur summits doesn't mean that the four permanent member states are similarly unable.

Would Brasil have to hand over the summit to Mujica and Uruguay?
Would Argentina have to hand over ... ?
What a surprise that Paraguay has to!

... Not the right shade of red, perhaps.
Apr 28th, 2014 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 2 GeoffWard2

Or perhaps it’s because these three examples of probity were comprehensibly out manoeuvred by little Paraguay and they just cannot accept that.

Anyway, I doubt the meeting will happen, TMBOA will fail to appear.
Apr 28th, 2014 - 08:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ynsere
Chris @ 3

Don't say that, Chris. Goodness knows Uruguayan hotels and so on need the trade. Something good has to come out of a Mercosur meeting, and that'll probably be it.
Apr 30th, 2014 - 12:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 4 ynsere

Yes, the recent season was a real disaster over our way with very low occupancy levels and even the influx of Uruguayos didn't make up for the “lost Argentines”.

Hope you broke even or better though!
Apr 30th, 2014 - 10:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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