Tag: Mercosur

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 03:12 UTC

  Bolivia confirms willingness to become Mercosur full member at Friday’s summit

  

  Bolivia will announce to its peers at the Mercosur summit in Brasilia, later this week that it is willing to adhere to the trade block as a full member, reported Amanda Dávila, Communications minister.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 03:07 UTC

  Brazil says Venezuela leader Chavez will attend the Mercosur summit Friday

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez will travel to Brazil for the Mercosur summit next Friday despite cancer-related medical treatment in Cuba, Brazil's ambassador revealed on Monday.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Brazil ‘trapped and isolated’ in Mercosur, should try trade agreements with US, says former president

  

  Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso said it was convenient to consider a trade integration with the Unites States given the very modest advances with Mercosur, where open trade has stalled or is far less than was expected when the original idea and is subjected to protectionist lobbies.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 04:58 UTC

  Mercosur summit to discuss incorporation of Bolivia and Ecuador as full members

  

  The Mercosur summit which meets this week, December 6/7 in Brasilia is scheduled to debate the incorporation of Ecuador and Bolivia to the regional block which earlier this year, after waiting since 2006 finally integrated Venezuela as full member.

• Saturday, December 1st 2012 - 07:48 UTC

  Parlatino ample support for Paraguayan Congress despite Argentina

  

  The Paraguayan congress was strongly supported at the Latinamerican Parliament, Parlatino, which during the XXVIII ordinary session voted against an Argentine motion to have it suspended.

• 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.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 22:57 UTC

  Bolivian plans to belong to CAN and Mercosur face several hurdles

  

  Foreign minister David Choquehuanca argued that Bolivia can become a full member of Mercosur and continue with the Community of Andean Nations, CAN, and can’t be forced to abandon a block to join another.

• Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 15:42 UTC

  Unasur envoy leaves with “a good impression” of the Paraguay electoral process

  

  Unasur special envoy Salomon Lerner said he returns to Peru with “a good impression” of the Paraguayan electoral process and the overall situation of the country.

• Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 13:06 UTC

  Bolivia accepts invitation to become a full member of Mercosur

  

  Bolivia accepted the official invitation to become full member of Mercosur and hopes to sign the first accords during the coming summit of the block in early December in Brasilia, said President Evo Morales.

• 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.