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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 04:54 UTC

Tag: European Free Trade Association

  • Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

    Paraguay takes the chair of a quarrelsome strained Mercosur

    “Your leadership will be highly valuable to the bloc at this time of so many challenges,” Bolsonaro tells Paraguayan leader Mario Abdo Benitez

    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.