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Montevideo, March 27th 2025 - 05:07 UTC

Tag: Latam Integration Association, ALADI

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 08:57 UTC

    Argentina to blend Montevideo diplomatic missions into one

    The measure seeks to cut annual spending by about 2 million US dollars

    Argentine President Javier Milei's “chainsaw” policies reached the South American country's diplomatic efforts: After recalling Ambassador Martín García Moritán from Uruguay citing “service reasons,” Buenos Aires announced it would be unifying its presence in Montevideo under one single Ambassador who would also be representing the country before the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 20:32 UTC

    Mujica and Sanguinetti hope for a “more flexible” Mercosur

    Argentina and Brazil must understand each other for a better Mercosur, argued Sanguinetti (R) at the Aladi forum alongside Mujica

    Former Presidents José Pepe Mujica and Julio María Sanguinetti concurred this week during their appearances at the Latin American Integration Association's (Aladi) Regional Solidarity Integration Forum in Montevideo that Latin American countries needed to “be more flexible” to tackle the problems of today's world.

  • Friday, July 24th 2015 - 06:01 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina asks why UK is not punished for not complying with UN

    “Why some countries are punished if they don't accept UN resolutions, while others that are founding members” can look aside and not comply asked Filmus

    Argentine diplomats questioned in Montevideo why the United Kingdom is not punished for its denial to comply with the UN General Assembly Resolution from 1965 which calls on Argentina and the UK to sit and dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute. They also denied any attempts from Argentina to suffocate the Falklands economy or hydrocarbons industry.

  • Thursday, July 23rd 2015 - 05:41 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas special session at Aladi's offices in Montevideo

    Aladi founded in 1980, includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay.

    The Latin American Integration Association, Aladi, with main offices in Montevideo, will be holding on Thursday an extraordinary meeting on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands question in the framework of the recent Day of Affirmation of Argentine rights over the South Atlantic Islands (June 10), and the fiftieth anniversary of UN Assembly Resolution 2065, which called on Argentina and UK to dialogue and find a solution to the dispute.

  • Friday, October 31st 2014 - 08:27 UTC

    Pacific Alliance and Mercosur begin round of ministerial informative meetings

    Mercosur describes the Pacific Alliance as “a regional integration initiative started in April 2011”, while Mercosur was launched in Paraguay in 1991.

    The Pacific Alliance and Mercosur will be holding a two-day ministerial informative meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, beginning this Friday, a first approach to a possible convergence of the two groupings, according to official releases.

  • Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 00:16 UTC

    Latam needs to invest 2 trillion dollars in infrastructure in next 20 years

    Hamilton Moss, CAF Vice-president: “knocking doors of multilateral banks for funds won’t be enough”

    Latin America will need 2 trillion dollars investment in the energy sector during the coming twenty years to sustain its development growth, according to a conference on “Energy: a vision of the challenges and opportunities in Latin-American and the Caribbean” sponsored by Latam Development Bank, CAF.

  • Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 04:10 UTC

    Paraguay advancing on trade agreement with Mexico, previous to requesting Pacific Alliance membership

    President Franco prepared to sign the trade agreement before August 15

    Paraguay and Mexico have made significant advances in reaching a trade agreement in the framework of the Latinamerican Integration Association, ALADI, according to Paraguayan diplomatic sources.

  • Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 23:49 UTC

    Paraguay and Mexico advancing towards an economic complementation accord

    The next round of talks is scheduled for July (Photo: ABC)

    Technical groups from Paraguay and Mexico advanced on Wednesday talks for the creation of an Economic complementation Accord in the framework of the Latam Integration Association, ALADI, which is considered the “step previous to a full free trade treaty”, reported from Asuncion Paraguay’s foreign ministry.