Tag: Mercosur summit

• Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 07:12 UTC

  Chavez expected in Montevideo to announce Venezuela’s Mercosur full membership

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said he will travel on Tuesday to the Mercosur summit in Uruguay in his first official foreign trip since undergoing cancer surgery in June and a further sign he is feeling stronger.

• Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 00:01 UTC

  Obama joins the Mercosur controversy over the incorporation of Venezuela

  

  President Barack Obama has accused the government of Venezuela of threatening “basic democratic values” ahead of elections next year. He added that close relations with Iran and Cuba did not serve the interests of the Venezuelan people.

• Monday, December 19th 2011 - 07:29 UTC

  Mercosur summit to deal with Venezuela inclusion and obstacles to trade

  

  A two day Mercosur summit begins Monday in Montevideo with Foreign Affairs ministers meeting Monday and the presidents on Tuesday when the rotating chair will be passed from Uruguay to Argentina for the next six month.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 01:08 UTC

  Venezuela begs Paraguayan congress to vote on Mercosur incorporation

  

  Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs minister Nicolas Maduro called on the Paraguayan parliament for a “sincere and fraternal” vote that opens the way for Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur as a full member, a request pending since 2006.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  “Fantastic summit” effectively turns Mercosur into a customs union

  

  Mercosur concluded Tuesday in Argentina one of its most successful summits after having reached agreements on issues that consolidate integration and at the same avoiding being drawn into a frustrating debate on a renewed chapter of the ongoing Venezuela/Colombia conflict.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 06:28 UTC

  Mercosur signs trade accord with Egypt; Venezuela/Colombia conflict out of the agenda

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman set in motion the 39th Mercosur Summit during which Argentina informed of the results obtained under its pro-tempore presidency of the bloc in the first six months of the year.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 06:24 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner underlines Mercosur economies ‘very good’ performance

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said Monday evening that the Mercosur Summit “arrives at a very special time in the world economy, especially in all of South America, which has had a very satisfactory performance”.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 05:46 UTC

  Mercosur expects the EU to match the latest offer for a trade agreement

  

  Mercosur Foreign Affairs ministers meeting on Monday in Argentina said they trust the European Union will match the latest offer from the South American block to make possible a trade and cooperation agreement that has remained elusive for years.

• Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:49 UTC

  Venezuela/Colombia conflict features high in Mercosur summit agenda

  

  The controversy between Venezuela and Colombia is to mark the rhythm of political conversations during the Mercosur Summit, to be held on August 2 and 3 in the Argentine city of San Juan city in San Juan province.

• Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:46 UTC

  Lula da Silva/Mrs. Kirchner bilateral meeting following the summit

  

  Once the Mercosur summit is over, on Tuesday afternoon, the presidents of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and of Brazil, Lula da Silva, are to hold a meeting in San Juan to analyse bilateral relations, said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.