Tag: Mercosur

Friday, May 10th 2013 - 07:35 UTC
Paraguay discussing inviting Maduro to the inauguration of president-elect Cartes

Paraguayan president elect Horacio Cartes transition team said that Venezuela should be present at the inauguration ceremony of the new head of state scheduled for 15 August, despite the ‘current circumstances’ of bilateral relations.
Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 09:56 UTC
Maduro promises Uruguay permanent supply of oil and full Mercosur commitment

President Nicolas Maduro promised his Uruguayan counterpart Jose Mujica a “permanent” supply of petroleum from oil-rich Venezuela during the first leg of his visit to Mercosur member countries. Maduro also announced the signing of a strategic alliance in the energy sector with Uruguay.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 05:30 UTC
Ecuador to begin negotiations to join Mercosur, after reaching accord with the EU

Ecuador will notify its intention of beginning negotiation to join Mercosur, while at the same time closing a trade agreement with the European Union. The announcement was made by President Rafael Correa during his regular weekly reports on radio and television.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 05:18 UTC
Bolivia full incorporation to Mercosur now rests on legislative approval from other members

Bolivia has completed the presentation of its Mercosur incorporation protocol, which opens the way for the parliaments of the different member-countries to begin considering and ratifying her full membership. Once completed Bolivia becomes the sixth full member next to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:28 UTC
Maduro visits Uruguay on his first overseas trip since becoming elected president

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins next Tuesday an official one visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 02:23 UTC
Cartes pledges allegiance to Mercosur: abandoning it ‘would be utterly nonsense’

President-elect Horacio Cartes said that even when some aspects of Mercosur can be improved it “would be utterly nonsense” to abandon the block since it generates many jobs in the country, attracts investment and is an opportunity to open markets.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 02:04 UTC
Brazil conditions Paraguay’s return to Mercosur to approval of Venezuela’s membership

Brazil conditions the immediate return of Paraguay to Mercosur to the approval, by the new congress, of Venezuela’s full incorporation to the trade block, according to the influential Folha de Sao Paulo quoting foreign ministry reliable sources.
Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 06:40 UTC
Cristina Fernandez and Mujica tell Cartes, Mercosur ‘is waiting for the return of Paraguay’

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez congratulated Paraguayan president-elect Horacio Cartes for his ample victory in Sunday’s election and said Mercosur was waiting for the return of the country to the trade block.
Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 21:39 UTC
“Democracy in Paraguay is here to stay: Mercosur and Unasur have become irrelevant”

“We’re optimistic about Sunday’s election and the future of Paraguay if we can agree on long term state policies, but something is for certain: democracy in Paraguay is here to stay” said Ricardo Caballero Aquino, Chargé d’affaires of the Paraguayan embassy in Montevideo who was also positive about future relations with Unasur and Mercosur.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 23:06 UTC
After the megalomaniac years of Chavez Venezuela is ready for a sober Maduro

By R. Viswanathan (*) - The election of Nicolas Maduro, the chosen heir of Chavez, in last Sunday’s election, is good news for the peaceful and orderly transition of Venezuela after the abnormal, autocratic and quixotic rule of Chavez in the last fourteen years. If Capriles had won, the change would have been abrupt and traumatic for the Chavistas who might not have given up power so easily without some messy fight.