Tag: Mercosur

Sunday, August 11th 2013 - 04:36 UTC
Unasur lifts suspension pending on Paraguay effective 15 August

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, decided late Friday to lift the suspension pending on Paraguay, which will become effective next 15 August when president-elect Horacio Cartes takes office.
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:45 UTC
Brazil farmers ask until when will ideology prevail over economics and trade in Mercosur

“Until when will we allow ideology to prevail over economics, markets, competitiveness grounding the great vessel of Brazilian trade in the port of little regional pretensions”, asks Katia Abreu in a column published in Folha de Sao Paulo openly criticizing the administration of Dilma Rousseff for its Mercosur policy and the results of the recent Montevideo summit.
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 14:17 UTC
Mujica says Mercosur members must have more negotiating space with third parties

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that Mercosur should give its members more space to negotiate with third parties and supported linking to the Alliance of the Pacific, which nevertheless he argued is “part of a geopolitical involving China” and not accepted by Brazil.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 23:18 UTC
Falklands, global espionage and multilateral organizations in CFK dialogue with Ban Ki-moon

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez visited on Monday afternoon United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and called for a restructuring of multilateral organisations in order to improve performance, using as an example regional body Unasur (Union of South American Nations).
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 19:51 UTC
Brazilian farmers blast Mercosur for its ‘bad leadership and worse presidents’

Mercosur has become characterized for “bad leadership and worse presidents” of the countries that make up the block, since there is no incentive for the regional organization and it has become “an ideological battle political field”, said Cesario Ramalho da Silva, president of the Brazilian Rural Society.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 18:14 UTC
Mercosur complains to Ban Ki-moon on US global espionage and EU affront towards Bolivia’s Evo Morales

Mercosur foreign ministers warned UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the serious implications which the United States global espionage system represents for the international community, during a Monday midday meeting at the UN headquarters in New York.
Sunday, August 4th 2013 - 19:58 UTC
Venezuela not invited to Paraguay-president inauguration; Rousseff confirms attendance

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially confirmed her attendance to the inauguration ceremony of Paraguayan president-elect Horacio Cartes next 15 August, according to the Transmission Committee that is coordinating the event
Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 02:49 UTC
Cristina Fernandez will chair Security Council debate on UN relations with regional organizations

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be chairing next Tuesday a meeting of the United Nations Security Council that will be addressing the relations of Latam and Caribbean regional and subregional organizations with UN in helping prevent conflicts and restore peace, was announced by the Argentine ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval.
Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 04:10 UTC
Paraguay advancing on trade agreement with Mexico, previous to requesting Pacific Alliance membership

Paraguay and Mexico have made significant advances in reaching a trade agreement in the framework of the Latinamerican Integration Association, ALADI, according to Paraguayan diplomatic sources.
Thursday, August 1st 2013 - 04:09 UTC
“Not even the Pope could bring Brazil and Paraguay together”, said O’Globo

Influential Latin American newspapers have been extremely critical of Brazilian diplomacy in its unsuccessful attempts to ‘subdue Paraguay’, while at the same praising the landlocked country’s dignity in demanding from Mercosur respect and compliance with the rule of the law.