Mercosur

• Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 10:32 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina seek to stop the green hydrogen plant repeating the pulp mill conflict

  

  The governments of Uruguay and Argentina are trying to contain tensions surrounding the green hydrogen and synthetic fuels plant that HIF Global plans to build in the Uruguayan department of Paysandú, on the Uruguay river, after a statement by President Yamandú Orsi drew three consecutive denials from the Argentine side.

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• Friday, August 28th 2026 - 19:35 UTC

  The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay

  

  US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US market, among them Argentina and Uruguay. The main beneficiaries will be Brazil and Paraguay.

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• Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 08:09 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers travel to Brasília to repair relations with Brazil

  

  A delegation of Argentine deputies and senators from opposition parties will travel to Brasília next Wednesday with the aim of repairing bilateral relations, strained since President Javier Milei referred to his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in offensive terms. The group is due to meet the Brazilian Senate's foreign relations committee, the foreign ministry and representatives of the presidency.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 08:00 UTC

  Bolivia deploys troops against blockades over a decree its own government wants repealed

  

  Bolivia's government deployed military and police units on Tuesday in the municipality of Yapacaní, in Santa Cruz department, ahead of announced road blockades called by farming organisations against the decree that raised the price of diesel for large consumers. Hours later, the deputy interior minister acknowledged that the same measure must be annulled.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2026 - 21:39 UTC

  Argentine trips abroad fall 21.2% as Brazil and Uruguay lead arrivals

  

  The number of Argentine residents leaving the country in July fell 21.2% year on year, to 1.22 million people, according to the international tourism statistics report released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. In the opposite direction, 830,200 foreign visitors entered the country, 17.9% more than a year earlier.

• Sunday, August 23rd 2026 - 22:32 UTC

  The Mercosur-Singapore trade agreement reaches Argentina's Congress

  

  Argentina's Chamber of Deputies will on Wednesday take up ratification of the free trade agreement between Mercosur and Singapore, signed in December 2023 and still awaiting parliamentary approval. It is the first trade treaty the bloc has concluded with a Southeast Asian country.

• Friday, August 14th 2026 - 22:20 UTC

  Peña says the Milei-Lula crisis has not affected how Mercosur functions

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña said on Friday that the differences between his Argentine and Brazilian counterparts, Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have had no consequences for Mercosur, despite the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

• Thursday, August 13th 2026 - 06:55 UTC

  The main land crossing between Argentina and Chile passes its winter closure record

  

  The Cristo Redentor international crossing, which links the Argentine province of Mendoza with Chile's Valparaíso Region through the Andes, has now been closed for close to a month because of a snow and wind storm, surpassing the winter closure record set in 2023. Authorities on both sides estimate it could reopen next week, depending on weather conditions.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:55 UTC

  Brazil ties its ambassador's return to an end to Milei's insults

  

  Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday that the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level will remain in place until Argentine President Javier Milei stops what he called repeated insults and attacks against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 16:08 UTC

  Milei on Lula: released over a procedural flaw, not for being innocent

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei repeated his accusations against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, arguing that the corruption convictions once against him were annulled on formal grounds, in remarks that came just as Brazil's ambassador to Buenos Aires was preparing to return after being recalled for consultations.