Mercosur

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 00:43 UTC

  Canada, South Africa, India in preliminary trade talks with Mercosur

  

  Canada, South Africa and India are scheduled to begin this year trade talks with Mercosur, according to reports from Ottawa and Johannesburg.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 00:31 UTC

  Amorim admits Brazil imposes non-trade barriers to its Mercosur associates

  

  Foreign Affairs minister Celos Amorim implicitly admitted that access to the Brazilian market for other Latin American countries, including Mercosur, is not easy because of a proliferation of non trade barriers which has resulted in large surpluses with most of the region’s countries.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:41 UTC

  Mercosur spends less that 2% of GDP in defence; “no arms race in the region”

  

  South America and particularly Mercosur spend less than 2% of GDP in military hardware which makes it the world region that less invests in defence, said a high ranking official from the Barak Obama administration visiting Paraguay.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2010 - 04:09 UTC

  Chilean trapped miners families file lawsuit against the state and mining company

  

  Families of 24 of the 33 Chilean trapped miners in the San José mine have filed a lawsuit against the state and the mining company, seeking compensation and justice.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 17:46 UTC

  Uruguay calls for a Mercosur with “open regionalism” for smaller members

  

  Uruguay called on Brazil and Argentina to allow Mercosur junior members to reach unilateral trade agreements with third countries helping to boost the group’s dynamism.

• Thursday, August 5th 2010 - 17:22 UTC

  Chile advances in ‘bi-oceanic’ link projects with Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera made his Mercosur debut this week at the regional trade association’s summit in San Juan, Argentina, delivering a well received speech and holding separate meetings with Bolivian President Evo Morales and Brazil’s Lula da Silva and Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 23:31 UTC

  Mercosur reminds Paraguay of “quick conclusion” to Venezuela’s incorporation

  

  Mercosur presidents, meeting in Argentina, called for a “quick conclusion” of Venezuela’s incorporation process to the block which remains stalled at the Paraguayan congress.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 01:08 UTC

  Venezuela begs Paraguayan congress to vote on Mercosur incorporation

  

  Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs minister Nicolas Maduro called on the Paraguayan parliament for a “sincere and fraternal” vote that opens the way for Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur as a full member, a request pending since 2006.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  “Fantastic summit” effectively turns Mercosur into a customs union

  

  Mercosur concluded Tuesday in Argentina one of its most successful summits after having reached agreements on issues that consolidate integration and at the same avoiding being drawn into a frustrating debate on a renewed chapter of the ongoing Venezuela/Colombia conflict.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 06:28 UTC

  Mercosur signs trade accord with Egypt; Venezuela/Colombia conflict out of the agenda

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman set in motion the 39th Mercosur Summit during which Argentina informed of the results obtained under its pro-tempore presidency of the bloc in the first six months of the year.