Mercosur

Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
“Cristina Fernandez, the most brilliant woman of Argentine history”, praise from Macri's electoral advisor

He was considered the guru of Argentine electoral campaigns, the man who helped Mauricio Macri jump from president of one of the two most popular soccer teams in the country, to twice mayor/governor of the City of Buenos Aires and finally to occupy during four years the Pink House, Casa Rosada, defeating the hegemonic Peronist movement.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:53 UTC
Mercosur summit in Paraguay will address a review of the external tariff

The upcoming Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market Mercosur, to be held in late June or early July this year, will be held in Encarnacion, capital of Itapúa Department, Paraguay.
Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Pompeo and Uruguay president elect Lacalle Pou look forward to a closer partnership

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on Monday to Uruguayan president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou to congratulate him on his November 24 presidential election victory and to discuss expanding bilateral economic engagement and deeper political cooperation.
Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
“Fernandez will be received with full honors of head of state”, Bolsonaro

If Argentine president Alberto Fernandez visits Brazil, “he will be received with all the honors of head of State, which he deserves”, according to his peer Jair Bolosonaro, which has been interpreted as an easing of tensions between both leaders following the initial stormy clashes.
Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil/China finalizing sanitary protocol for soy-meal exports to the Asian giant

Brazilian and Chinese government authorities are finalizing a protocol setting health standards for domestic processors to export soy-meal to the Asian country, André Nassar, president of oilseeds industry group Abiove, announced.
Saturday, December 14th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Trump and Abdo meet in Washington to talk about the Mercosur-US trade deal

US President Donald Trump and his Paraguayan colleague Mario Abdo Benítez Friday discussed in Washington a free trade agreement with Mercosur as well as other items of mutual interest, including beef import/exports and the crisis affecting various countries in South America.
Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazil will send no delegate to Argentine president Fernandez inauguration, media reports

Brazil’s government scrapped plans to send a delegate to Alberto Fernandez’s inauguration ceremony in Argentina, representing an escalation in tensions between South America’s top economies.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro calls on Mercosur for a quick implementation of the trade agreement with the EU

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Mercosur trade block needs to hurry up and implement agreements the group has negotiated.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Macri addresses the Mercosur summit for the last time

In what was his last international activity, outgoing president Mauricio Macri attended the 55th Mercosur leaders summit in Bento Goncalves, southern Brazil, which he described as a special diplomatic occasion for his administration's strive to put Argentina back in the wide world map.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Paraguay takes the chair of a quarrelsome strained Mercosur

Brazil on Thursday handed over the six-month rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc (Southern Common Market) to Paraguay. During a ceremony at the bloc's 55th summit in Bento Goncalves, Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro expressed confidence in his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benitez and his leadership skills.