Tag: Antonio Patriota

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  Hague praises Brazil’s global presence and reaffirms British policy towards the Falklands

  

  Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague praised Brazil's growing economic and political power as he opened two days of talks with the country's leaders, and also assured that British policy on the Falkland Islands will not change despite pressure from Argentina.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Hague arrives in Brazil for two-day visit to launch a ‘strategic dialogue’

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague begins Wednesday a two-day visit to Brazil which according to Brazilian sources will mark the beginning of a strategic dialogue between the two countries.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 05:34 UTC

  Mercosur signs free trade agreement with Palestinian Authority

  

  Mercosur signed a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday, the first between the territories and a block of nations outside the Arab world. The ceremony took place during Mercosur presidential summit in Montevideo.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil agree greater ‘productive integration mechanism”

  

  Argentine and Brazilian presidents Cristina Fernandez and Dilma Rousseff agreed in Caracas the creation of a Productive Integration Mechanism, MIP, to deepen bilateral relations.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Brazil makes official support for Uruguay in ‘fiscal haven’ controversy with G20

  

  Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota said Brasilia supports Uruguay in its controversy with France following President Nicholas Sarkozy claim, at the recent G20 summit, that Uruguay was a ‘fiscal haven’.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 14:33 UTC

  Brazil says BRICS is large enough for the moment

  

  Brazil does not want to see the BRICS group of emerging countries enlarged for the time being but demands the developing world be given a greater say in international bodies, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:36 UTC

  Brazilian president misses regional summit but prepares for G20 in France

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff won’t be attending the Ibero-American summit to take place in Paraguay next Friday and Saturday and will be represented by her Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 07:20 UTC

  Mercosur a ‘priority’ almost a ‘sanctuary’ for Brazilian trade and diplomacy

  

  Brazil is reinforcing its diplomacy’s legal and trade departments in anticipation of a major impact from a possible global situation and in this context “Mercosur is a priority, almost a sanctuary” announced Monday the Foreign Affaire ministry.

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 01:31 UTC

  Brazil will hold off plans for fighter jets purchase for another twelve months

  

  Brazil will hold off plans to purchase new fighter jets until at least 2012 as the government cuts spending to fight the global economic crisis, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said in New York.

• Friday, July 1st 2011 - 01:48 UTC

  Brazil and Japan allege over 100 countries support UN Security Council reform

  

  Foreign Affairs ministers from Brazil and Japan announced that over 100 nations have expressed support for a proposal to expand the United Nations Security Council.