Mercosur

Monday, November 10th 2014 - 09:13 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas issue to be debated at the Parlasur Parliament

The Falklands/Malvinas dispute and 'colonialism' will be discussed on Monday during an extraordinary session of the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, in Montevideo with the attendance of Argentine and Uruguayan foreign ministers Hector Timerman and Luis Almagro.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:06 UTC
“Mercosur and Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks”

Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks, and can advance towards a mutually beneficial convergence, said Chile's Economy minister Luis Felipe Cespedes during a trade and investment promotion seminar in Brazil.
Tuesday, November 4th 2014 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil with the largest trade deficit for October in 16 years

Brazil ran a trade deficit of 1.17 billion last month, the largest shortfall for October in 16 years, the government said on Monday. Imports totaled 19.5bn, while exports amounted to 18.3bn, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade said in a report.
Monday, November 3rd 2014 - 08:41 UTC
Pacific Alliance and Mercosur agree to continue discussions in Chile

Mercosur and Pacific Alliance foreign affairs ministers met this weekend in Colombia for a first round of talks on integration mechanisms and the potential for specific alliances. The idea of the meeting was first launched by Chile with the purpose of a 'convergence' of interests and a possible future integration.
Friday, October 31st 2014 - 21:21 UTC
Argentina's holdout dispute spills into the White House: CFK sends letter to Obama questioning Ambassador Soderberg

In a harsh letter, released on Friday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez urged US President Barack Obama to explain whether ”Nancy Soderberg, the person you have appointed as Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), which reports directly to the Government of the United States of America, is also the Co-Chair of the American Task Force Argentina (ATFA), an entity specifically created to attack and slander the Argentine Republic and its President.”
Friday, October 31st 2014 - 08:27 UTC
Pacific Alliance and Mercosur begin round of ministerial informative meetings

The Pacific Alliance and Mercosur will be holding a two-day ministerial informative meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, beginning this Friday, a first approach to a possible convergence of the two groupings, according to official releases.
Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 10:53 UTC
Looking to “Doing Business” in Latam, try the Pacific Alliance, forget Mercosur

The World Bank's “Doing Business” global rating is not very enthusiastic about Latin American and the Caribbean which only first surfaces in position 34 out of the 189 countries considered.
Tuesday, October 28th 2014 - 06:18 UTC
Reelected Dilma and Cristina Fernandez will discuss “strengthening Mercosur”

The reelected President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff called President Cristina Fernandez on Monday to thank her Argentine counterpart for her message of congratulations following victory at the polls, as well as organizing a bilateral meeting in Australia during the G20 summit.
Friday, October 24th 2014 - 20:13 UTC
Pacific Alliance and Mercosur have “a shared vision of regional integration”

Pacific Alliance and Mercosur country members will be holding a meeting in Colombia “to plan the productive future of Latin America with a shared vision” announced Mexico's minister of economy Ildefonso Guajardo.
Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 05:52 UTC
Neves wants Brazil to have the Pacific Alliance as an integration reference

Brazilian presidential opposition candidate Aecio Neves insisted that if elected he will review Mercosur rules and make them “more flexible” so that the country can reach bilateral agreements with third parties and not limited by the consensus clause of the trade block. He also mentioned the Pacific Alliance as a pragmatic integration reference.