Mercosur

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Uruguayan exports in January grow 31% annually

  

  Uruguay's exports grew 31% in January of 2022 when compared to the same month last year, it was announced Tuesday in Montevideo. Beef topped the list of products sold abroad, reaching US$ 207 million.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Latin America’s strong recovery is losing momentum, underscoring reform needs

  

  By Ilan Goldfain, Anna Ivanova and Jorge Roldos (*) – Governments will need to combine fighting inflation with structural policies that reignite growth.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:52 UTC

  Uruguayans and residents may return by car even if they are COVID-19 positive

  

  The Government of Uruguay has announced it would allow foreign residents to return to the country by car even if they are COVID-19 positive.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 17:59 UTC

  Smuggling grows all along Misiones border with Paraguay

  

  Lawmakers of the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) in the Argentine province of Misiones have filed an proposal to fight the smuggle of fuel and other items across the Paraguayan border, which is said to be growing daily in drums and also on small barges across the river.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Paraguayan Gov't honors IACHR ruling favoring indigenous peoples

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez's Government Monday gave real-estate ownership (occupation) certificates to indigenous peoples plus a monetary compensation in accordance with rulings from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

• Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Uruguay does not sign joint declaration at Mercosur Summit

  

  Uruguay stood out for its dissenting stance at the 59th Summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Friday after President Luis Lacalle Pou refused to sign a joint declaration.

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Nothing to fear at Mercosur Summit Friday, Argentine ambassador says

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli Wednesday said Friday's Mercosur Summit posed no risk of tensions between Presidents Alberto Fernández and Jair Bolsonaro, despite former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva's recent appearance at a ceremony in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Two border crossings between Argentine and Paraguay to reopen Monday

  

  Road links through the San Ignacio de Loyola bridge between Puerto Falcón (Paraguay) and Clorinda (Argentina) and river crossings between Alberdi and Puerto Formosa are to reopen after almost two years when only goods could go from one country to another but not people.

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  No face-to-face Mercosur Summit, Bolsonaro decides

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday decided that the upcoming Mercosur Summit, scheduled for Dec. 16 and 17, which was to be the first in a long while under the old face-to-face format, has been reshaped to be held virtually like most recent ones.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Uruguayan minister wants borders open to welcome visitors from everywhere

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera said over the weekend that his country's “land, air and sea borders must be open” for visitors.