Mercosur

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 05:49 UTC

  Mercosur/Asia soy-market forum project brings together leading experts

  

  Experts from South America, US, Europe, India and China will be discussing next week in Rosario, Argentina the possibility of an Asia-Mercosur grains and oilseeds market in which soybeans will be playing the leading trade role.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  A China/Mercosur trade agreement would be “something extraordinary”

  

  A free trade agreement, (FTA), between China and Mercosur could be “something extraordinary”, said Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman who next Thursday begins a political and business mission in Beijing.

• Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 02:06 UTC

  Minister criticizes Sao Paulo police for celebrating 1964 military coup

  

  In their internet portal the ‘Rota’ elite forces from the Sao Paulo police underscore their achievements in recent history and vindicate the 1964 coup.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 21:21 UTC

  US grain farmers furious with Argentina and Canada advance in the Colombia market

  

  Argentina has rapidly displaced the US as the main supplier to Colombia of corn and in near future wheat, with volumes soaring from 99.000 tons in 2007 to over 2.2 million tons currently, points out Agrimoney.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 05:55 UTC

  Brazil to increase primary surplus and make room for cut in interest rates

  

  Brazil plans to further contain government spending this year to prepare the country for a global slowdown and make room for a cut in interest rates, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Monday.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 05:53 UTC

  Carbinero killed Chilean teenager; General, officers and several privates expelled

  

  Following trials with over 500 weapons, Chilean prosecutor Jorge Martínez confirmed that the bullet which killed 16 year old Manuel Gutierrez was fired by the Uzi sub-machinegun carried by Carbineros officer Miguel Millacura on the night of August 25 during the students' protest..

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:56 UTC

  Nobel laureate praises Argentina; tells US and EU spending is the way out of recession

  

  United States and the European Union “are using the same recipe that the IMF applied on Argentina” to address the current global financial crisis and this only leads to “stagnation” said Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz attending a gathering of Nobel Prize recipients and young economists in Lindau, Germany.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:55 UTC

  CFK instructions for the day after: public spending cap of 20% for 2012 budget

  

  Argentina's 2012 budget bill aims to cap public spending growth at 20%, below current rates of more than 35%, as state expenditure surges ahead of the October presidential election, according to a newspaper report on Monday.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:54 UTC

  Argentina regulator to investigate YPF and Repsol YPF on accounting standards

  

  Argentina’s securities regulator said it will investigate the chairman and chief executive officer of YPF SA, the nation’s largest oil producer, as part of a probe into the company’s accounting.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:53 UTC

  Uruguay plan to regularize 676 shanty towns (200.000 people), most in Montevideo

  

  Uruguay announced it will invest 150 million dollars for the eradication of shanty towns, 90% of which are located in Montevideo, half of them in contaminated and flood-prone areas.