Mercosur

Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Mercosur Summit to kick off in Montevideo with CPTPP issue topping the agenda

The 61st Summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is starting Monday in Montevideo. During the two-day event, Uruguay is to hand over the six-month pro tempore presidency of the group to Argentina.
Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 10:56 UTC
Paraguay rules out a Mercosur breakup and calls for consensus on decisions

Paraguayan Foreign Minister, Julio César Arriola, ruled out on Thursday a break up within the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and ratified that his country supports that the decisions of that integration mechanism be adopted jointly and by consensus.
Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Paraguayan President critical of Uruguay's plan to join other trade blocs

Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Wednesday said that Uruguay's negotiating trade deals outside Mercosur were detrimental to the South American bloc's “essence.”
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 17:55 UTC
Lacalle's bold diplomacy compromises future of Mercosur

Mercosur is facing yet a new crisis stemming from Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's eagerness to join any foreign trade alliance no matter what.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Unions halt import of Argentine-brewed beer into Uruguay

Unions have saved Uruguayan brewery workers from calamity after their actions prevailed in stopping FNC from importing domestic brands from Argentina, where production costs around half as much due to the currency exchange scenario.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 20:50 UTC
Uruguay confident in EU-sponsored sustainable energy matrix program

Uruguay's Industry Minister Omar Paganini highlighted the AL-Invest Verde program for its ambitiousness regarding sustainable development which will position the South American country as a regional innovation hub.
Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 19:14 UTC
Important progress ahead under Lula, Argentine Ambassador foresees

Former Vice President and current Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli said this week that once President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva takes office on Jan. 1 there will be “very important advances” in bilateral relations.
Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:49 UTC
Venezuelan crisis discussed in Paris

The Presidents of France, Colombia, and Argentina Friday discussed in Paris possible ways out of Venezuela's crisis which has sparked a large-scale migration of citizens of that oil-rich South American country.
Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:41 UTC
Argentina's prices too difficult to match, Uruguayan president admits

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday insisted his country could not compete with Argentina's prices due to the difference in currency exchange rates and pledges to advance new measures to help businesses in bordering areas heavily affected by residents doing their shopping on the other side.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Paraguayan foreign traders concerned over Waterway toll

Officials and exporters in Asunción continue to object to Argentina's announcement that shipments through the Paraná River Waterway will have to pay a toll, which would generate an extra cost of 7%.