Mercosur

Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:25 UTC
Covid-19: Pirola strain detected in Argentina

Argentine health authorities Tuesday confirmed the first case of the JN.1 strain of the SARS-Cov-2 virus, also known as Pirola, which has been labeled a variant of interest (VOI) by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week.
Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 14:27 UTC
Uruguayan President to insist on a more flexible Mercosur in his last full year

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday during the inauguration of an intensive care unit in the department (province) of Cerro Largo that “we shall insist on Mercosur to get out of this corset and to be able to connect with the rest of the world.”
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:14 UTC
Brazil sees bilateral trade with Argentina falling in 2024

Brazil's main financial and business publication, Valor Economico is forecasting that bilateral trade with Argentina is expected to fall in 2024, based on the recent measures announced by the government of president Javier Milei. In the eleven months of 2023, bilateral trade between Argentina and Brazil reached US$ 27 billion, with Brazilian exports totaling US$ 17bn, and Argentina US$ 11bn.
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Saudi Arabia gives green light to Paraguayan meat exports

Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has given the green light to the purchase of beef from Paraguay after a successful audit, the South American country's National Service for Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa) announced Monday in Asunción.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:53 UTC
Argentina to buy electricity from Brazil due to storm

Following the disruption caused by last weekend's storms to the country's grid, Argentina will import electricity from Brazil on a transitory basis, it was reported Sunday, in addition to other emergency measures adopted to face the crisis and restore supply in parts of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CAMA) and its Metropolitan Area (AMBA).
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:49 UTC
Argentine company wants to launch satellites from Uruguay

The Argentine company Tlon Space S.A. has been reported to be involved in Uruguay's plans to build an aerospace launch platform on the coast of Rocha to send small satellites into space to collect images.
Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Ties between Brazil and Argentina to remain despite ideological differences, FM says

Brazil intends to keep a good relationship with Argentina despite the ideological differences between the governments of Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:09 UTC
UN, US and Mercosur call on Guatemala to respect election results and denounce “an attempted coup”

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mercosur member countries, the European Union and the US have called on Guatemala authorities to impede the Central American country's Attorney General's office to annul the general election result preventing President-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking office in January.
Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:06 UTC
New attempt to thwart trading of grains and oilseeds grown in South America's cleared forest land

Mercosur and the European Union failed to sign the much-expected and long-awaited free trade and cooperation agreement during the South American block summit in Rio do Janeiro, mainly because of discrepancies over forestry and agricultural land. Brazilian President Lula da Silva said he was committed to signing the agreement with the EU, and will “not give up” until achieved but further hurdles could be in the way.
Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Macri favors Mercosur single currency

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri said in Brazil he supported the idea of a single currency for all Mercosur countries because if the bloc was “serious” it needed “the same rules and the same currency, like the eurozone.”