Mercosur

Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 21:08 UTC
Paraguay does not accept Venezuela as the next chair of Mercosur

Paraguay, suspended from Mercosur and Unasur since last June rejected point-blank the possibility that Venezuela takes the chair of the regional trade group as of next June during the summit scheduled to take place in Uruguay.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 20:25 UTC
Malvinas: first time Latam groups at UN work together in support of Argentina’s claim

Regional groups from South America for the first time are working together on the Malvinas question at the United Nations in support of Argentina’s claims, said the Peruvian delegate on Tuesday, something which he described as “very positive”.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 05:02 UTC
Brazilian supermarkets will not sell meat from cattle raised in Amazon rainforest

The main group representing supermarkets in Brazil says it will no longer sell meat from cattle raised in the rainforest. The Brazilian Association of Supermarkets, which has 2,800 members, hopes the deal will cut down on the illegal use of rainforest for pasture.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 03:17 UTC
Malvinas question to be addressed with Ban Ki Moon at UN by Timerman and Latam peers

On Tuesday Argentina’s Foreign minister Hector Timerman together with representatives from different Latinamerican and Caribbean organizations are scheduled to meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to address the “Malvinas Islands question”, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 - 02:00 UTC
Falklands: Argentina wants to silence referendum results and applies a ‘diplomacy of desperation’

The Falkland Islands said that Argentina’s ‘frantic efforts’ to have the international community ignore the voice of the people of the Falkland Islands is ‘a diplomacy of desperation’ and insisted that the recent referendum results again confirmed that the people of the Falklands have no desire to be governed by Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 06:26 UTC
Opposition candidate leads vote intention for Paraguay’s presidential election in April

With just over a month for Paraguay’s presidential election the opposition candidate from the Colorado Party, Horacio Cartes is ahead with 37.3% vote intention followed by Efrain Alegre who represents the ruling Alianza with 30.3%, according to a public opinion poll contracted by the Asunción newspaper ABC Color and released on Monday.
Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:39 UTC
Rousseff reshuffles cabinet but leaves Mantega and economic team intact

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appointed on Friday new ministers for agriculture, civil aviation and labour, the presidential office said, in a Cabinet shuffle that left her economic team intact.
Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:37 UTC
Bolivia and Venezuela ranked world's unfriendliest countries for tourists; overall bad score for Mercosur

A new report, put out earlier this month by the World Economic Forum, has ranked which countries roll out the welcome mat to travellers and which give the cold shoulder. The “Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013” ranked 140 countries according to attractiveness and competitiveness in the travel and tourism industries.
Tuesday, March 12th 2013 - 01:10 UTC
Uruguayan political system coincide in their disappointment with Mercosur ‘in a state of lethargy’

Uruguayan Vice president Danilo Astori and members of the opposition ratified the country’s increasing concern about Mercosur which is “full of obstacles and problems” and is described as “sleepy and in state of lethargy”.
Monday, March 11th 2013 - 22:59 UTC
“Chavism” (like Argentina’s Peronism) for a long time to come, forecasts Mujica

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica compared the future of Chavism in Venezuela with that of the Argentine Justicialista Party, which had in Juan Domingo Peron and his wife Evita Peron their maximum leaders (and caudillos), and even today in the almost hegemonic political movement in Argentina.