Mercosur

Friday, December 17th 2010 - 06:42 UTC
Paraguayan industry calls Lula da Silva an “arrogant hypocrite”

The Paraguayan Industrial Union, UIP, called Brazilian president Lula da Silva an “arrogant hypocrite” for making promises he never honoured, and attacked President Fernando Lugo for generating ‘overblown fantasy expectations’.
Thursday, December 16th 2010 - 03:58 UTC
Australia present at the Mercosur summit in Brazil

Australian Foreign Secretary Kevin Rudd will be present at the two-day Mercosur summit which begins Thursday in Foz de Iguazu. Rudd met on Wednesday with his Brazilian peer Celso Amorim ahead of the summit and in the framework of the “Australia-Brazil Dialogue” created last September.
Thursday, December 16th 2010 - 03:45 UTC
Trade among Mercosur members forecasted to reach 42 billion USD

Trade between the four member Mercosur block is expected to reach 42 billion US dollars in 2010 revealed Argentine Industry minister Debora Giorgi who on Thursday will be participating of the Mercosur summit in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 05:53 UTC
Mercosur: a High Representative post to create “consensus” in summit’s agenda

Mercosur could end up with a High Representative post following this coming presidential summit in Foz de Iguazu. According to Brazilian sources the initiative has been discussed with partners Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay and should be approved next Thursday/Friday.
Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Mercosur with the best growth performance in the region in 2010

Mercosur full member countries with the exception of Brazil will have the best growth performance in the region this year, according to the annual report from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cepal which was announced this week in Santiago de Chile.
Tuesday, December 14th 2010 - 06:48 UTC
Brazilian president-elect will work for stronger Mercosur institutions

Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff will attempt to strengthen Mercosur institutions and establish a protagonist dialogue with United States, according to the presidential advisor on international affaire Marco Aurelio García who has been confirmed in his post.
Monday, December 13th 2010 - 23:26 UTC
Paraguay finally says ‘aye’ to Venezuela’s Mercosur full membership

Venezuela’s incorporation as a full member of Mercosur has been secured following the confirmation of a political agreement in Paraguay, the only of the four-country group that still had a vote pending in congress.
Monday, December 13th 2010 - 22:48 UTC
Argentina lifts trade blockade: Paraguay will attend Mercosur summit

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo will be attending the Mercosur summit this week following on Argentina’s guarantee that the blockade on Paraguayan goods and merchandise imposed by an Argentine maritime union will be lifted, effective Monday.
Monday, December 13th 2010 - 01:08 UTC
President Lugo confirms he will not attend the Mercosur summit

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo confirmed Sunday he would not be participating of the Mercosur summit next December 17, unless there is a quick solution to the blockade of Paraguayan trade by Argentine maritime unions, announced Sunday afternoon Foreign Affaire minister Hector Lacognata.
Saturday, December 11th 2010 - 06:01 UTC
Mercosur summit threatened by Argentine boycott on Paraguayan foreign trade

A Mercosur internal conflict involving Argentina and Paraguay which is conditioning the coming presidential summit in Brazil and has again suspended a vote for Venezuela’s final incorporation to the group, seems to have escalated in the last 24 hours.