Mercosur

• Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  Arce addresses domestic and global issues at Mercosur Summit

  

  During his speech at the 66th Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council and the Summit of Presidents of Mercosur and Associated States in Buenos Aires, Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora addressed both domestic challenges and regional aspirations.

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• Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

  Orsi invited Milei over to Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi extended a formal invitation to his Argentine colleague, Javier Milei, to visit Montevideo during their bilateral meeting, lasting approximately 30 minutes, as part of the 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Buenos Aires.

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• Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 22:19 UTC

  Lula visits CFK at her Buenos Aires apartment

  

  Following his participation at the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit at the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid a visit to former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the apartment in the Coonstitución neighborhood where she is serving a six-year prison sentence for overpriced public works contracts and bid rigging, under the house arrest modality.

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• Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 18:12 UTC

  Brazil formally handed over Mercosur's rotating presidency

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei formally transferred the pro tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the close of the bloc's summit in Buenos Aires.

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• Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 17:44 UTC

  Mercosur Summit: Milei pledges to go through together or solo

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei urged the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) on Thursday to abandon its “destructive inertia,” as he hosted the bloc's Summit in Buenos Aires. He also underscored his government's commitment to “the path of freedom,” warning that “we will embark on” it, “either accompanied or alone.”

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• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 23:34 UTC

  Mercosur-EFTA FTA announced in Buenos Aires

  

  The Southern Common Market's (Mercosur) Summit in Buenos Aires kicked off Wednesday with the announcement by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) finalized with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland). The documents are to be signed in the coming months.

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• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 19:59 UTC

  Court allows CFK to receive Lula's visit

  

  Buenos Aires Judge Jorge Gorini Wednesday acquiesced to a request from former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's (CFK) legal team and authorized former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to visit her Thursday at the apartment where she is serving a six-year sentence for corruption under house arrest.

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• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 15:07 UTC

  Mercosur widens list of external tariff-free goods

  

  The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries will be allowed to add 50 product types to the bloc's common external tariff-free items, per an agreement signed in Montevideo.

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• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Waterway users support ongoing bidding process

  

  Major business users of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway (agro-exporters, industrialists, and port operators) have issued a joint statement supporting the Argentine government's bidding process for a private operator of the Trunk Waterway. They urge all stakeholders to channel their proposals, including those related to tariffs and environmental impact, through the established technical dialogue tables to avoid hindering consensus.

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• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  JetSMART launches Recife-Ezeiza route

  

  JetSMART Airlines launched its first direct flight from Recife to Buenos Aires on Tuesday, marking the carrier's entry into Brazil's Northeast region and expanding its international routes in South America's largest country to ten services, across five cities (Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, Nova Iguaçu, São Paulo, and Recife).

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