Mercosur

• Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:48 UTC

  Franco promises to uphold democracy and honour international agreements

  

  Paraguayan vice-president Federico Franco, 49, was sworn-in on Friday afternoon as president following Fernando Lugo’s impeachment that had him removed in less than two days.

• Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:43 UTC

  “A coup against democracy” organized by the political class and mafia claims Lugo

  

  Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo addressed thousands of citizens outside the presidential palace and assured there had been a “coup against democracy” but also said he would respect the formality of the Senate’s decision and called on followers to march peacefully.

• Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:25 UTC

  Mercosur/Unasur anticipate “appropriate measures” against coup in Paraguay

  

  President Cristina Fernández assured on Friday night that “Argentina does not condone the coup in Paraguay” and anticipated that “appropriate measures” will be taken at next week’s Mercosur Summit, scheduled to take place in Mendoza.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  Uruguay economy expands 1.9% in the first quarter but uncertainties persist

  

  Uruguay’s economic growth quickened in the first quarter, spurred by increased transport and communications. GDP expanded 4.2% from a year earlier and grew 1.9% from the fourth quarter of 2011, the central bank said on its website.

• Friday, June 8th 2012 - 01:35 UTC

  China interested in a trade agreement with Mercosur reveals Uruguay

  

  China has offered Mercosur to consider the possibility of negotiating a free trade agreement revealed Uruguay, when the South American block is going through one of its worst moments ever so distant from the integration process pledges of 1991.

• Friday, June 8th 2012 - 01:19 UTC

  Uruguay hopes China will build and finance a deep-sea port on the Atlantic

  

  Uruguay’s long standing dream of building a deep-water port in the east of the country could become a reality in coming days when China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visits the country, according to the government financed newspaper La Republica.

• Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - 23:59 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina Mercosur differences can be overcome with ‘greater production integration’

  

  Trade differences between Mercosur leading partners Brazil and Argentina will be overcome with negotiations and promoting productive integration, coincided business people, diplomats and academics from both countries at a seminar in Rio do Janeiro.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 04:43 UTC

  If lucky at the end of the labyrinth, CFK might bless you with a few bucks

  

  The following is an instructive of the steps to follow in the labyrinth set up by the Argentine bureaucracy to have access to a limited amount of US dollars. The instructive should help clear some of the latest measures implemented by the administration of President Cristina Kirchner and was published on Tuesday by The Buenos Aires Herald and Ambito Financiero.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 04:22 UTC

  GLOBE convening first World Summit of Legislators at Rio, ahead of Earth summit

  

  How many times have government leaders pledged to reduce carbon emissions or tackle the accelerating loss of biodiversity? If statements and pledges were all that it took to fix the biggest global challenges, the world would not be faced with dangerous concentrations of greenhouse gases, shrinking rainforests and extinctions at up to 1,000 times the natural rate.

• Monday, May 28th 2012 - 23:12 UTC

  Mercosur raises maximum allowed tariff, 35% on 100 imported goods, says Brazil

  

  Brazil raised to the maximum the common external tariff, AEC, that Mercosur charges on imported goods from out of the zone. The decree was published in Monday’s edition of the Official Gazette and includes a hundred goods.