Mercosur

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always been a port of exit.”

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Lacalle arrives in Asunción to discuss Mercosur issues

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou landed Friday evening at Asunción to discuss a series of proposals to modernize Mercosur with his hosting colleague Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:52 UTC

  EU wants to sign stalled trade agreements, but with Mercosur objections persist

  

  The European Union aims to finalize and sign at least three stalled trade agreements this year as the bloc looks to reinforce strategic alliances amid the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 13:54 UTC

  Hamilton Mourão, vice-president of Brazil, arrived in Montevideo to meet with Uruguayan authorities

  

  The vice-president of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, arrived on Thursday in Uruguay, where he will remain until Saturday on an official visit.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

  Cafiero outlines Argentine foreign policy priorities, trade, Malvinas and Mercosur

  

  The main challenge of Argentine foreign policy is to reinstall the necessary tools to recover the trade dynamics that enable the country to recover from the pandemic's economic downfall, plus making it attractive to foreign investors, said Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero summoned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  EU Ambassador to Uruguay on trade agreement with Mercosur: “It is something that European citizens are asking their governments for”

  

  The ambassador of the European Union (EU) in Uruguay, Paolo Berizzi, said he was “optimistic” about the agreement between the bloc he represents and Mercosur. After more than 20 years of negotiations, Berizzi said he believes that this year there will be progress for its entry into force.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  Brazilian Foreign Minister met with his Uruguayan counterpart to discuss the “flexibilization” of Mercosur

  

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo received on Tuesday his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo to discuss, among other issues, Mercosur's flexibilization and the reduction of the common external tariff.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentine FM defends resumption of full ties with Venezuela

  

  Argentina is planning to upgrade its diplomatic ties with Venezuela after former President Mauricio Macri's decision in 2015 not to appoint an ambassador to Caracas.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Uruguayan exports on the rise

  

  Uruguayan exports including duty-free zones for the month of April totaled US$ 1.115 billion, according to the Uruguay XXI Institute's monthly report released Monday.

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Mercosur-Europe FTA now or never, EU diplomat in Buenos Aires says

  

  The European Union's Ambassador to Argentina said Thursday that if the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur was to be revived it was now or never.