Tag: Mercosur pragmatism

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay president elect hopes pragmatism prevails over ideology in Mercosur

  

  Mercosur faces a tense future, the president-elect of Uruguay said on Monday, referring to a diplomatic spat between regional heavyweight economies Brazil and Argentina. Brazil’s right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s incoming leader, left-leaning Peronist Alberto Fernandez, have sparred openly.