Mercosur

Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:33 UTC
Brazil says all Mercosur leaders have to decide lifting Paraguay’s suspension

Brazil said it is hard to see Paraguay rejoining Mercosur and Unasur before next year’s presidential election. The two blocks suspended the landlocked country following the removal of Fernando Lugo last June and replacing him with President Federico Franco.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 06:27 UTC
Mercosur to skip Paraguay in December and hand rotating chair to Uruguay

Uruguay’s tenure of Mercosur rotating chair will be advanced six months meaning that at the coming summit in December Brazil will hand over the next six-month responsibility to the administration of President Jose Mujica, thus skipping Paraguay which remains suspended from the South American trade group.
Friday, October 19th 2012 - 05:25 UTC
Strong message from Lula da Silva to victorious Chavez: prepare your succession

Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva said he believes it is time for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, recently re-elected for another six years, “to begin preparing his succession”
Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 22:56 UTC
Venezuela/Paraguay rift spoils Brazil’s plans for a ‘normal’ Mercosur summit

Venezuela’s expulsion of Paraguayan diplomats from Caracas, as a direct consequence of the ongoing conflict inside Mercosur has left Brazil with the challenge of recomposing relations inside the group ahead of Mercosur next summit in December which will be hosted by the administration of President Dilma Rousseff.
Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 10:41 UTC
Brazil-FAO sign agreement for cotton expertise transfer to small farmers in Africa

A 20 million dollars agreement signed Wednesday by the United Nations and Brazil will seek to transfer the expertise of the South American country to support cotton farmers in developing economies.
Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:29 UTC
Mercosur conflict still alive: Venezuela expels Paraguayan diplomats

Venezuela's government decided to expel Paraguay's remaining diplomats from the country, the top envoy at the Paraguayan Embassy said on Wednesday. Charge d'affaires Victor Casartelli said that he and three other Paraguayan diplomats in Caracas were told by Venezuela's Foreign Ministry to leave within three days.
Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 15:16 UTC
Is Brazil the reservoir of future agriculture productive capacity?

The following piece was published by Dorvers, CattleNnetwork and refers to the agriculture potential of Latinamerica and Mercosur largest economy. The column sources are Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 13:44 UTC
The message from the Venezuelan elections

By Ambassador R. Viswanathan - The free, fair and peaceful Venezuelan elections on Sunday 7 October, with a clear and accepted outcome has restored the confidence of the world, which had some doubts about the vulnerabilities of Latin American democracies – especially after the constitutional overthrow of President Lugo of Paraguay in June this year and the unconstitutional removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:58 UTC
Minister confirms talks for re-incorporation of Paraguay to Unasur and Mercosur

Foreign minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia confirmed the beginning of negotiations for the re-incorporation of Paraguay to Unasur and Mercosur which will take place through the mediation of a Latinamerican country he did not identify.
Friday, October 12th 2012 - 00:18 UTC
Brazilian president calls for European ‘greater understanding’ of the Argentine situation

President Dilma Rousseff, meeting with her Irish peer Michael D. Higgins said the global crisis has had a greater impact on Argentina than on Brazil, which has a stronger industrial base, and called for a better understanding of President Cristina Fernandez administration.