Mercosur

Monday, July 25th 2016 - 11:20 UTC
Paraguay and Brazil reiterate “Venezuela is a non full member of Mercosur”

Paraguay announced officially that it will not be attending the Common Market Council of Mercosur in Montevideo next 30 July, if the agenda includes the transfer of the group's presidency to Venezuela.
Thursday, July 21st 2016 - 07:29 UTC
Brazil leaves rate unchanged at 14.25%; stubborn inflation despite recession

Brazil's central bank, with its recently appointed president, kept interest rates on hold for the eighth consecutive meeting on Wednesday as expected, despite a deep recession, as the new board cited concern about stubbornly high inflation and uncertainty surrounding economic reforms.
Wednesday, July 20th 2016 - 06:54 UTC
Half of Brazilians prefer Temer to remain as president until the 2018 election

Half of Brazilians would like to see interim President Michel Temer stay in the job until the next election in 2018, compared with 32% who desire the return of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, according to a Datafolha poll published this weekend on the Folha de S.Paulo website.
Wednesday, July 20th 2016 - 06:35 UTC
Rousseff's great mistake was to allow Venezuela into Mercosur, says Brazilian minister

Brazil committed a great mistake on supporting Venezuela to the Mercosur trade agreement back in 2012, and the country must be impeded from taking over the pro-tempore presidency of the group until it complies with all the requisites to be a full member, said Brazil's foreign minister Jose Serra.
Wednesday, July 20th 2016 - 05:25 UTC
Falklands must be involved in a tripartite dialogue, if Argentina's new policy is to be positive

Argentina's collaboration strategy towards the UK and the Falkland Islands, if it means integrating the Islanders in any discussions relative to their lives and future, which is only of their concern, “this is positive”, according to Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, interviewed by Argentina's official news agency Telam.
Tuesday, July 19th 2016 - 06:44 UTC
Argentine Jewish community demand investigation of the “local connection” in the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack

Argentine President Mauricio Macri, together with members of the government and civil organizations attended on Monday in Buenos Aires the main ceremony commemorating the attack on the headquarters of the AMIA Jewish community organization in 1994, a crime that so far has gone unpunished.
Tuesday, July 19th 2016 - 06:40 UTC
Uruguay could compete for another pulp mill, if it develops logistics infrastructure

Finland´s UPM pulp conglomerate which already has a plant in Uruguay announced it will commence discussions with the Uruguayan government on the development of logistics infrastructure for a possible mounting of another mill. Discussions will include railroad and roads, which currently are a critical challenge to establish large scale industrial operation in the Uruguayan inland and to connect it to a deep sea port.
Friday, July 15th 2016 - 06:35 UTC
Oil company pledges US$ 1.4bn in investments in Argentine Patagonia

Pan American Energy PAE, announced on Thursday investments of 1.4bn dollars in exploration and exploitation of conventional and non conventional hydrocarbons in the Argentine Patagonia provinces of Neuquen, Chubut and Tierra del Fuego.
Friday, July 15th 2016 - 04:13 UTC
“We'll be back with Cristina and we'll return to Malvinas”, pledges Maradona in Ushuaia

“We'll be back with Cristina, and we'll be back in Malvinas”, said Argentina's world football ex-star Diego Armando Maradona before leaving Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego where he spent mini vacations.
Friday, July 15th 2016 - 03:37 UTC
'Falklands' future promising'', according to Latin American independent report

”The future of the Falkland Islands looks promising”, according to an independent investigation made by Eduardo Calderon, Daniel Haering and Andres Marroquin from the University Francisco Marroquin (UFM) and unveiled in Guatemala.