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Montevideo, May 4th 2024 - 16:44 UTC

Tag: Mauro Vieira

  • Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    Brazil would like to see Argentina join BRICS, FM says

    The issue will have to be discussed at the next BRICS summit because Lula's upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping will be of a bilateral nature, Vieira also explained

    Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told the website Metrópoles that his country would like to have Argentina join the BRICS group, but insisted that for such a move to happen it would depend on the consensus from the other bloc members (Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

  • Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

    FMs of Brazil, Paraguay highlight mutual progress

    Since Lula took office on Jan. 1, Brazil's connections with its neighbors are a priority again, Vieira told Arriola

    Foreign Ministers Mauro Vieira and Julio Cesar Arriola Thursday underlined in a joint statement how bilateral trade and cooperation in security areas between Brazil and Paraguay was progressing. The document was released Thursday during Vieira's first official visit to Asunción, where he also met with President Mario Abdo Benítez.

  • Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguay, Brazil agree on joint infrastructure works

    Brazil also invited Uruguay to the 2024 G20 Summit

    Brazilian and Uruguayan officials have reached an understanding whereby the Rivera airport will become binational, a waterway will be developed, and a new bridge will be built over the Yaguarón river, it was announced after Tuesday's encounter in Brasilia featuring Foreign Ministers Francisco Bustillo and Mauro Viera, among other dignitaries.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Brazilian FM ratifies commitment to WTO

    Vieira suggested the organization held annual meetings to deepen the engagement on member countries in ongoing affairs

    Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Friday told World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the South American country's commitment to the global entity under the new administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 18:56 UTC

    Uruguay's FTA with China would endanger Mercosur, Vieira says

    Brazil will take over as pro tempore president of Mercosur in the second half of 2023, Vieira also underlined

    Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told Folha de Sao Paulo that a possible free trade agreement between Uruguay and China would endanger the future of the South American Common Market (Mercosur). In Vieira's view, such a move would contradict the bloc's integration policies.

  • Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    New FM pledges to restore Brazil's diplomacy

    Under Lula, Brazil will focus on Unasur and Celac, Vieira explained

    Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira promised to rebuild Brazilian diplomacy to bring South America's largest country back to the “great stage of international relations.”

  • Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

    President elect Lula da Silva's foreign policy strategy

    Future minister Vieira said that besides climate change, the Lula da Silva government will strengthen relations and mechanisms with Mercosur and Brics

    Foreign policy is among the priorities of the incoming Brazilian administration of president Lula da Silva, who will be taking office next January first. Designated foreign minister, Ambassador Mauro Vieira said Brazil will have a leading role in combating climate change.

  • Friday, December 9th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

    Lula to announce some of his future ministers Friday

    Former Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira (L) is expected to return to the Itamaraty Palace

    Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva is expected to announce some of the names that will make up his cabinet once he takes office on Jan. 1 on Friday just before the quarterfinal football match between the South American country's national team and that of Croatia at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

  • Monday, September 7th 2015 - 09:38 UTC

    Argentina and Brazil scheduled to meet Maduro over the border situation with Colombia

    On Friday, Timerman and Vieira met with their Colombian counterpart in Bogotá, María Ángela Holguín.

    In the margins of the Petrocaribe Summit currently taking place in Jamaica, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be meeting the foreign ministers of Argentina and Brazil to discuss the border crisis with Colombia.

  • Saturday, August 15th 2015 - 08:50 UTC

    Uruguay says Brazil rejects idea of leaving Mercosur, but agrees that deep changes are urgent

    Nin Novoa said that on Thursday when hearing about Senator Calheiros proposal he contacted Brazilian foreign minister Mauro Vieira

    Uruguay's foreign minister said on Friday that “nobody” supports the proposal from the Brazilian Senate president Renan Calheiros to put an end to the Mercosur customs union. However he did point out that he proposal exposed that the block effectively is 'not working' and needs to have its foundations reviewed.