Mercosur

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Brazil cuts down Mercosur external tariffs yet again

  

  In a move to contain inflation ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, Brazil's Chamber of Foreign Trade decided to cut down the Mercosur Common External Tariff (TEC) by 10% on items such as beans, meat, pasta, cookies, rice, and construction materials, the Ministry of Economy announced.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Scioli: Argentina and Brazil will guarantee food and energy for the region

  

  Argentina's Ambassador Daniel Scioli Wednesday highlighted the integration process with Brazil and the current relationship between South America's two largest countries, which will “together guarantee food and energy for the region.”

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentina launches migration opportunity for Non-Mercosur nationals

  

  Argentina's Migrations Directorate has announced new rules for nationals of non-Mercosur countries wishing to settle in the South American country, thus giving incoming foreigners a 90-day window to regularize their legal status.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Investing elsewhere too easy for Argentine entrepreneurs

  

  Argentine entrepreneurial migrants who seek a better future elsewhere prefer Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, and Portugal to start anew, it was reported.

• Friday, May 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Yakecan cyclone hits Uruguay, then moves on to Brazil

  

  Two people have died in Uruguay under circumstances that were not a direct result of Tuesday's subtropical cyclone, Yakecan, but which authorities are still investigating after several houses were destroyed and trees were downed, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Spain calls for a quick ratification of EU trade agreements with Chile, Mexico and Mercosur, but what else is needed?

  

  Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares called on his EU peers on Monday to definitively advance in the ratification of the trade accords of the European Union with Chile, Mexico and Mercosur.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always been a port of exit.”

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Lacalle arrives in Asunción to discuss Mercosur issues

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou landed Friday evening at Asunción to discuss a series of proposals to modernize Mercosur with his hosting colleague Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:52 UTC

  EU wants to sign stalled trade agreements, but with Mercosur objections persist

  

  The European Union aims to finalize and sign at least three stalled trade agreements this year as the bloc looks to reinforce strategic alliances amid the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 13:54 UTC

  Hamilton Mourão, vice-president of Brazil, arrived in Montevideo to meet with Uruguayan authorities

  

  The vice-president of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, arrived on Thursday in Uruguay, where he will remain until Saturday on an official visit.