Mercosur

• Monday, January 26th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Brazil supportive of Mercosur “as long as it does not turn into a burden”

  

  Brazil is ready to preserve the advances achieved by Mercosur but as long as the block does not turn into 'a burden' when it comes to negotiate trade agreements with third parties, according to Agriculture minister Katia Abreu.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 06:49 UTC

  Bilateral trade between Mercosur main partners dropped 21.2% in 2014

  

  Bilateral trade between Mercosur two main partners, Brazil and Argentina (first and third largest economies in Latin America) dropped 21.2% last year and with a 139 million dollars deficit for Argentina, according to the Argentine Commerce Chamber, CAC.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2014 - 07:44 UTC

  Argentine Senate passes China deals, Parlasur elections bills

  

  Victory Front pushes forward with two projects aimed at reshaping the scenario in view of next year's presidential campaign.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 04:45 UTC

  Holdout funds, Malvinas: Mercosur presidents back Argentina

  

  Full support also expressed for Venezuela against sanctions from the administration of United States President Barack Obama.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 04:25 UTC

  Paraguay's objections prevent Bolivia from full Mercosur membership

  

  CFK says regional integration not a problem for worldwide integration, labels marketplace a euphemism as the decline in oil price conceals geopolitical interests of other countries

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 03:46 UTC

  Cristina makes major castling on eve of Mercosur Summit

  

  Evo Morales, Governor Urribarri play football - New Intelligence boss appointed.

• Saturday, December 13th 2014 - 04:37 UTC

  Brazil confident since pre-salt oil is profitable 'even at 60 dollars a barrel'

  

  The head of Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, Magda Chambriard said that the country's oil production projects remain 'robust' even as international prices for crude continue to tumble. She underlined that the pre-salt projects of Brazil along ist coast resist prices as low as 60 dollars a barrel.

• Saturday, December 13th 2014 - 04:03 UTC

  Argentina praised Uruguay's support in the Malvinas dispute with UK

  

  Argentina’s ambassador to Uruguay Dante Dovena has praised the “commitment” and support of President Jose Mujica administration in the country’s sovereignty dispute against the UK as he readied to close he 2014 Malvinas Forum in the neighboring nation.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2014 - 23:03 UTC

  Mercosur lacks discipline and has become a 'straitjacket' for trade negotiations

  

  Mercosur must discipline and return to its origin as a customs union since it has become a 'straitjacket' for negotiations with other regional blocks, according to Lia Valls, foreign trade coordinator at the Brazilian Economics Institute belonging to the prestigious thinktank Getulio Vargas foundation.

• Friday, December 5th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  Latin America 'unfortunately' has a very low participation in global trade

  

  Latin America 'unfortunately' has a very low participation in world trade which is a major challenge for the region, according to Gonzalo Rodriguez, member of Mercosur technical staff, who was one of several speakers at the preamble of Unasur summit.