Pacific Alliance

• Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 08:53 UTC

  Chile convinced of the Mercosur/Pacific Alliance 'convergence' led by Brazil

  

  Chile is confident that in coming months there will be 'significant' advances in a convergence of the Pacific Alliance and Mercosur, said Andres Rebolledo, Chile's Deputy Trade minister during a visit to Brazil.

• Saturday, October 4th 2014 - 08:25 UTC

  Pacific Alliance and Mercosur will attempt convergence, sponsored by Chile

  

  A first meeting to assess opportunities for accords between the Alliance of the Pacific and Mercosur will take place next November in Santiago de Chile confirmed, confirmed Chilean foreign minister Heraldo Muñoz.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:03 UTC

  Pacific alliance anticipates incorporation of new full members in the near future

  

  In the near future the number of full members belonging to the Alliance of the Pacific will increase, but the block will continue with its realistic and pragmatic approach with no intent of a political group, said Peruvian president Ollanta Humala next to his peers from Chile, Colombia and Mexico, in New York, during a meeting hosted by Bloomberg.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:28 UTC

  Mercosur/Pacific Alliance foreign ministers plan to meet in Chile in November

  

  Foreign affairs ministers from Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance will be meeting next 24 November in Santiago de Chile to explore a possible integration between the two blocks according to Paraguay's foreign minister Eladio Loizaga.

• Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 07:00 UTC

  Mercosur is a ‘success’; intra-trade has grown at double the world rate

  

  Mercosur is a success, intra-trade has expanded at double the rate of world trade and despite all the bad press, the block is advancing on other fields such as social affairs and citizenship, according to Ivan Ramalho, Mercosur's High Representative, who is a former Brazilian deputy minister of trade and development issues.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 02:51 UTC

  Chile ready to act as a 'bridge' between Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance

  

  Chile is ready to act as a 'bridge' between Mercosur and the Alliance of the Pacific so that Latin American can have a greater presence in the world state, said Chilean Deputy foreign minister Edgardo Riveros during a conference in Sao Paulo at the Lula da Silva think-tank.

• Friday, August 15th 2014 - 02:26 UTC

  All phone calls inside Chile become local; Punta Arenas code area is 61

  

  Chile has become a single territory for telecommunications and long distance calls with different rates for fixed lines will no longer exist beginning Saturday. This in practical terms will also means a 50% reduction on normal phone calls.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil insists in trade agreements and closer ties with Pacific Alliance, despite Mercosur

  

  Brazil confirmed that it will try to bring forward to 2016 the free trade agreement with Chile, Peru and Colombia, scheduled for 2019 and underlined the need for Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance to converge as part of the region's productive integration process.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Brazil wants to speed Mercosur/Pacific Alliance free trade understanding

  

  Brazil will propose next Tuesday, in Caracas, during the Mercosur summit that the group and the Pacific Alliance reach an agreement on free trade by the end of the year, according to official sources from Itamaraty.

• Tuesday, July 1st 2014 - 10:16 UTC

  Mercosur waking up to the significance and impact of the Pacific Alliance

  

  Mercosur leaders called for dialogue with the Pacific Alliance over its perception that Mercosur is becoming an obstacle to integration and wider growth in the region. Uruguayan Vice-President Danilo Astori seemingly sparked the debate a few weeks ago when he said that “Mercosur mustn’t be a terminal station,” calling for formal trade deals with the Pacific Alliance.