Tag: Mercosur Summit - Mendoza

Saturday, December 1st 2012 - 07:07 UTC
Paraguay blasts Unasur summit decision confirming suspension until April 2013

Paraguay complained bitterly Unasur (Union of South American Nations) decision to confirm the suspension of the country from the group until next April 2013 when elections are scheduled. The decision was described as a ‘systematic persecution’ and ‘interventionism’ of Paraguay, which is contrary to basic principles enshrined in the UN charter.
Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:39 UTC
Unasur summit will address Paraguay situation; Brazil and Argentina absent

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur leaders meet on Friday in Peru to consider advances to the integration process and a report on the political and electoral situation in Paraguay, which remains suspended from the group since last June.
Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 18:09 UTC
OAS sends top envoy to Paraguay to prepare for April elections

The Organization of American States, OAS, is sending a top electoral observation official to Paraguay to sponsor national political dialogue and make preparations for the OAS mission that will be following the electoral process leading to elections.
Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 21:14 UTC
Burdened by domestic problems Brazil’s Rousseff will be absent from Unasur summit

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has cancelled her attendance to the Union of South American Nations, Unasur summit in Peru on Friday because of “agenda problems” and previous “domestic engagements”, according to the Planalto press secretary office. Vice-president Michel Temer will be attending in her name.
Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 16:03 UTC
Brazil contrary to lifting suspension of Paraguay from Unasur until April

Brazilian Executive special advisor on International Affairs, Marco Aurelio Garcia anticipated that at the coming summit in Lima, the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, would not lift the suspension on Paraguay which will hold until April’s election.
Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 09:27 UTC
Unasur delegate in non-official fact finding mission in Paraguay

The head of the Unasur High Level Group for Paraguay, former Peruvian Prime Minister Salomon Lerner is currently in the country where he arrived as a simple tourist with plans to meet local political leaders, members of the country’s Electoral Tribunal and get a feeling of the atmosphere in the run to presidential elections next April 2013.
Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 13:55 UTC
Bolivia formally invited to join Mercosur as full member at December’s summit

Bolivia was formally invited to join Mercosur as a full member for which negotiations can begin in the coming summit December 7 in Brasilia. The invitation was made official by Mercosur High Commissioner Ivan Ramalho during a visit to La Paz where the met with Foreign minister David Choquehuanca and Economy and Planning ministers Luis Arce and Viviana Caro.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 00:51 UTC
Peruvian ambassador expected to return to Paraguay in near future

Another gap is anticipated in the diplomatic isolation ring imposed on Paraguay by Unasur and Mercosur, when as happened with Chile and Colombia, the Peruvian ambassador also returns to his post in Asuncion after several months of consultations in Lima.
Friday, November 16th 2012 - 06:11 UTC
Rajoy would have liked Cristina Fernandez to have attended the summit

Spanish President Mariano Rajoy stated that he “would have liked” his Argentine counterpart, President Cristina Fernández to have attended the XXIIth Ibero-American summit, starting Friday in Cádiz.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:35 UTC
Despite Unasur, Colombia and Chile ambassadors are back in Paraguay

Colombia and Chile ambassadors returned to Paraguay on Sunday after six months absence, the first two members from Unasur in doing so and in practical terms breaking the isolation imposed on the landlocked country following the political crisis which removed Fernando Lugo and had him replaced by current president Federico Franco.