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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 05:14 UTC

Tag: Mercosur 55th summit in Bento Goncalves

  • Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

    Macri addresses the Mercosur summit for the last time

    “It has been one of the great efforts of my government to integrate Argentina to the world, and 70% of us Argentines believe in an intelligent insertion” Macri said

    In what was his last international activity, outgoing president Mauricio Macri attended the 55th Mercosur leaders summit in Bento Goncalves, southern Brazil, which he described as a special diplomatic occasion for his administration's strive to put Argentina back in the wide world map.

  • 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.