Mercosur

• Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 01:44 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade talks to take off end of June in Buenos Aires

  

  Trade talks between the European Commission and Mercosur will begin at the end of the month, June 29 in Buenos Aires, according to EC sources. Talks are scheduled to last for over a year and expected to receive strong criticism from EU farmers’ organizations.

• Sunday, June 13th 2010 - 01:18 UTC

  Chavez’ Venezuela “recalls us the times of our won dictatorship`”

  

  The incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur faces a tough battle in the Paraguayan congress following statements’ from the Upper House president who said that “it recalls us the time of the (Alfredo Stroessner) dictatorship” adding it was difficult to dissociate the country from the figure of Hugo Chavez.

• Friday, June 11th 2010 - 17:13 UTC

  Paraguay admits pressure from Brazil to vote for Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo admitted he called on Congress to reach a consensus to vote the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, since Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have already done so and ‘only Paraguay is missing’.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2010 - 19:24 UTC

  “Conditions not right yet” for Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur admits Paraguay

  

  The Paraguayan government will not send do Congress the protocol for the incorporation to Venezuela to Mercosur because conditions for its approval are non existent yet, said the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Héctor Lacognata.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 18:41 UTC

  New round of talks in Paraguay to consider Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Top level discussions will be held between members of the Paraguayan Executive and Congress to try and convince lawmakers to vote Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur and Paraguayan membership of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) that have been stalled for months.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:35 UTC

  “There’s not such thing as a Mercosur parliament”, says Uruguayan lawmaker

  

  There’s no such thing as a Mercosur parliament or Parlasur, simple because it does not comply with the role of a legislative, said Uruguayan Lower House member Jorge Orrico from the ruling coalition.

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:06 UTC

  Mercosur supports re-election of IADB president Moreno

  

  Mercosur as a block and the country members have extended full support to the re-election of Colombia’s Luis Alberto Moreno as president of the Inter American Development bank, IADB.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:42 UTC

  OIE praises Mercosur for its coordinated effort in the eradication of FMD

  

  The joint work displayed by the Standing Veterinary Commission, CVP, from the Southern Cone of the Americas for the control and eradication of foot and mouth disease, FMD, has been praised as an example for other areas in the globe by the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE

• Tuesday, May 18th 2010 - 01:00 UTC

  EU countries divided over extent of agriculture talks with Mercosur

  

  While in Madrid the re-launching of trade European Union/Mercosur trade talks was announced, in Brussels, a meeting of the Agriculture Council showed how sensitive the issue is and how divided EU members are on market access for highly competitive produce from the South American block.

• Tuesday, May 18th 2010 - 00:02 UTC

  EU and Mercosur agree to re-launch trade talks next July

  

  The European Union and the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur announced Monday that they were re-launching talks to create a free trade area of 800 million people. A tentative first meeting is scheduled for next July according to EU officials.