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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, November 27th 2024 - 18:54 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 23:08 UTC

    Confusion in Brazilian diplomacy on a long awaited reply to EU on the trade agreement

    A meeting between EU and Mercosur negotiators was scheduled for Sept. 15 in Brasilia, chaired by Brazil, Vieira said, but diplomats cautioned it had not been confirmed

    Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said this week that Mercosur had sent the European Union their position on a European addendum to their long-awaited trade agreement. However, despite the announcement it was revealed that Uruguay and Paraguay have yet to present their positions in writing, diplomatic sources said in both countries.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 13:12 UTC

    First anniversary of Elizabeth II death and Accession of King Charles III

    The King, who said he recalled his mother with “great affection”, has released a portrait of her taken by Cecil Beaton in 1968 when she was 42.

    King Charles III has remembered his late mother's “devoted service” and “all she meant” to the country on the first anniversary of her death. Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September last year. She was 96.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 12:59 UTC

    Falklands' pilgrimage of six Argentine fallen gendarmes next of kin

    The Argentine military cemetery near Darwin

    This Saturday weather allowing a group of Argentine next of kin of soldiers fallen during the Falkland/Malvinas conflict should be arriving at MPA and the Falklands. The trip according to Argentine sources was coordinated by the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights,

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Paraguay to seek Mercosur arbitration on Paraná Waterway toll collection by Argentina

    Paraguay will no longer provide any conformity to Buenos Aires in any multilateral organization, Peña announced

    The Government of Paraguay announced Friday that it will be seeking an international arbitrage within the South American Common Market (Mercosur) to settle the dispute with Argentina over the charging of tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Mexican president lands in Colombia for talks with Petro

    AMLO and Petro attended the closing of a conference on drugs in Cali

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met in Cali with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro on the first day of his official trip to Colombia, it was reported. Both heads of state attended the closing of the three-day Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Drugs.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    End of gas contract between Bolivia and Argentina to be brought forward?

    Argentina “is rushing” its self-supply project, Basteiro explained

    Argentina's Ambassador to Bolivia Ariel Basteiro Friday said an addendum to the current agreement will bring forward from 2026 to mid-2024 the end of the gas purchase contract between the two countries.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    Brazil's TCU says Bolsonaro kept pricy gifts for himself

    No grounds were identified to justify the distribution of the items between those public and those owned privately by Bolsonaro

    Brazil's Federal Court of Auditors (TCU) Friday said former President Jair Bolsonaro kept for himself some 17 gifts of “high commercial value” which should have been handed over to the country's coffers. The TCU also underlined that among the more than 9,000 presents received by the former head of state, 128 of them were not of a “personal” nature and belong in the public collection.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    At least 46 people still missing in post-cyclone southeastern Brazil

    Acting President Geraldo Alckmin will visit the area on Sunday

    Brazilian authorities said Friday that at least 46 people were missing after a devastating cyclone hit the southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul since early Monday, where already 41 casualties have been reported. The federal government also pledged R$ 800 (US$167) for each of the over 3,000 people who have lost their homes to the storm.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

    African Union joins G20, Modi announces

    This year's summit is being touted as the grandest diplomatic event in India since the ceremonial cremation of slain Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Saturday on the opening day of the G20 Summit that the African Union (AU) had been granted permanent member status in the group of top world economies. The AU thus becomes the second regional bloc to become a permanent member after the European Union (EU).

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Kidnapped Ecuadorian councilman found dead

    Vera had been elected councilman of Durán for the 2023-2027 period

    Councilman Bolívar Vera, 42, of the municipality of Durán was kidnapped and murdered in a new episode of Ecuador's political violence saga one month ahead of the presidential runoff. Vera's body was found Friday on a road in the rural sector of Salitre with his hands tied in the province of Guayas, it was also reported. He had been reported missing on Thursday, Sept. 7.