Mercosur

• 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.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Argentine Health Pass to be ready “next week,” minister says

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Thursday announced the Government's Health Pass will be ready next week. The permit, which will ban those who lack it from accessing certain activities, is regarded as an incentive for people to take their COVID-19 vaccines.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Fernandez and Bolsonaro seal close relations in the Day of Argentine/Brazilian Friendship

  

  In anticipation of the coming Mercosur presidential summit, 16/17 December when Argentina will hand the rotating chair of the group to Brazil, and celebrate the 36th anniversary of the signing of the Foz de Iguazu Declaration, which set the foundations for Mercosur, big reception for some 300 guests was held at the Argentine embassy in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his Government had no specific strategy against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, other than “being alert.”

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding fees.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Bi-Oceanic Corridor to bring Mercosur closer to Asia, Paraguay's FM says

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo said the Bi-Oceanic Corridor will bring Mercosur's entire economic development closer to Asia. His remarks came at a press conference after meeting with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo earlier this week.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 23:37 UTC

  Lacalle ratifies Uruguay's stance regarding Mercosur opening up to the world

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has insisted Mercosur needed modernizing and it is along those lines that his country was seeking one-on-one free-trade deals with the United States and China