Mercosur

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 16:07 UTC

  Paraguay president-elect will not be attending Mercosur summit in Montevideo

  

  Paraguay president-elect Horacio Cartes ratified he will not be attending the coming Mercosur summit scheduled to take place July 12 in Montevideo, confirmed one of his foreign policy advisors since the Paraguayan position remains that “Venezuela is not a full member of Mercosur because the Paraguayan congress by overwhelming majority rejected such option in August 2012”.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 15:39 UTC

  ”Venezuela is not part of Mercosur; it was not ratified by Paraguayan congress”

  

  Venezuela “is not part of Mercosur, it was not ratified by the Paraguayan congress” according to one of the main foreign policy advisors of president elect Horacio Cartes who is scheduled to take office next August 15. Meanwhile Paraguay continues to advance it its intention of belonging to the Alliance of the Pacific.

• Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 21:56 UTC

  Mercosur July 12 summit in Montevideo will confirm return of suspended Paraguay

  

  The next Mercosur summit scheduled for the end of June in Montevideo has been delayed until 12 July, announced Uruguayan Foreign minister Luis Almagro. The new date was agreed by Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela earlier this week.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 07:00 UTC

  Mujica calls on Spain for a more active role in the EU/Mercosur trade discussions

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica called on Spain for a more decisive role in the trade and cooperation agreement discussions between Mercosur and the European Union which have been going on for over a decade.

• Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 19:06 UTC

  Mercosur plan to delay summit and give time to Paraguay to return with full rights

  

  Paraguay is considering the announcement made by Uruguayan president Jose Mujica who suggested delaying the coming Mercosur summit in Montevideo scheduled for the end of June, ‘to wait and give time for Paraguay’ (currently suspended) to return to the block.

• Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 19:03 UTC

  Biden meets Rousseff, underlines the importance of a broader relationship with Brazil

  

  US Vice-President Joe Biden wound up a visit to Brazil on Friday saying it was high time the two largest economies in the Americas became closer partners in trade, investment and energy. He made the statement following a ‘wide-ranging discussion’ with President Dilma Rousseff at the Planalto palace in Brasilia.

• Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 17:34 UTC

  Argentina dollar markets waiting for implementation of the ‘whitewashing bill’

  

  The US dollar in Argentina’s parallel or ‘blue market’ finished on Friday the month of May down 6.4% from the 9.40 Pesos at the end of April, including a slight drop in the last day of trading, that took it to 8.75 Pesos and 8.80 Pesos, buying and selling price.

• Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 17:32 UTC

  Buenos Aires city mayor challenges CFK by launching ‘a price index audited’ by the civil society.

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri launched on Friday a price index to be “permanently audited by the civil society” in Argentina’s capital, in a move that steps up the pressure on the inflation controversy surrounding President Cristina Fernandez administration.

• Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 17:27 UTC

  Argentina insists with self-sufficiency in oil production in four years

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández administration agreed with oil-producing provinces and unions from the sector to strictly control the levels of exploration, production, the amount of equipment in use and the total number of jobs in each of the oil fields across the country, with the goal of reaching hydrocarbon self-sufficiency within four years.

• Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 17:22 UTC

  Chile’s measures to appease Mapuches are failing; more violence expected

  

  Chile’s Araucania Prosecutor this week filed charged against Celestino Córdova Tránsito, an indigenous Mapuche who stands accused of arson leading to the death of an elderly couple of landowners last year. Francisco Ljubetic is also charging Córdova Tránsito with terrorist acts. Córdova Tránsito (26) is currently jailed pending trial.