Mercosur

Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
Paraguayan truckers to lift protests if stabilization fund bill is approved

A group of union leaders representing Paraguyay's lorry drivers Thursday announced they would lift the road blockades if the Senate passes the bill to create a fuel price stabilization fund.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list

Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Mercociudades launches ambitious agenda in Montevideo

An international meeting in Montevideo of municipal authorities from cities all over Latin America has come up last week with a large list of conclusions and recommendations for the times to come and an agenda with more than fifty events to be held in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC
Argentina less expensive than Uruguay, study shows

According to a study by the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU), that measured prices in Salto, Uruguay, and Concordia, Argentina, the former turned out to be 130.3% more expensive than the latter, it was reported.
Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Women's Day celebrated all over Mercosur

Women took to the streets of the capital cities of the three Spanish-speaking Mercosur countries to celebrate International Women's Day. There were similar events in other towns throughout the region, it was reported.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Paraguayans rush to bordering city to buy fuel smuggled in from Argentina

Hundreds of Paraguayans rushed over the weekend to the coastal town of Nanawa – formerly Puerto Elsa – in the Presidente Hayes province to buy cheaper fuel smuggled from Clorinda, Argentina, it was reported.
Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 10:32 UTC
Mercosur can't agree on a joint communiqué on the Ukraine conflict

Lack of consensus on the drafting of a Mercosur joint statement on the Russia/Ukraine situation, plus the fact it was only signed by three of the four block's members, forced on Friday the removal of a first copy.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Rescuing juvenile Magellan penguins along the Uruguayan coast

Uruguayan marine life protection organizations have come across an unexpected number of juvenile penguins on their annual transit to less frigid waters in neighboring southern Brazil.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Brazil and South Korea share it's a good moment to advance with the Mercosur agreement

Brazil's leading think tank, Getulio Vargas Foundation, believes that in the current global trade situation with bottlenecks, shortages of inputs and transport challenges there is a great opportunity to reach an integral trade agreement between Mercosur and South Korea.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Paraguay could be forced to import soybeans because drought has halved production

The South American drought that has extended to several Argentine provinces and Brazilian states has also hit hard Paraguay, the world's fourth exporter of soybeans. In effect, crops are suffering and the processing industry is running out of supplies.