Tag: Mercosur

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:38 UTC

  Paraguay Senate plans to reject instruments used by Mercosur to sanction the country

  

  The Paraguayan Senate will be addressing on Thursday the Ushuaia II Protocol and the Unasur Additional Protocol on democratic commitment, both instruments used by Mercosur and Unasur last June to have Paraguay suspended from the two organizations.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 06:34 UTC

  Paraguay expects to be back in Mercosur “sooner than later”: before April 2013

  

  President Federio Franco said he trusted Paraguay would be fully re-incorporated to Mercosur before the general election scheduled for 21 April 2013. Paraguay is currently suspended from the trade block following the removal of Fernando Lugo as president, a decision voted almost unanimously by the country’s Senate but condemned by Mercosur and Unasur.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 19:48 UTC

  Paraguay ‘deplores’ Uruguay’s speech before the UN General Assembly

  

  Paraguay deplored statements from Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro who claimed before the United Nations General Assembly in New York that the landlocked country had interrupted ‘democratic order’ when it removed Fernando Lugo from the Executive.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Argentina becomes main supplier of soy and soy-oil to Iran in third quarter

  

  Iran made major imports of Argentine soy-oil and soybeans between July and September as Iranian buyers found methods of making payments in the face of western sanctions, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday.

• Friday, September 28th 2012 - 16:43 UTC

  Message to Mercosur: “Paraguay will never accept intervention by foreign powers in its internal affairs”

  

  On what he described as the “first and last time” he will address the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Paraguay, Federico Franco, affirmed that his country will not abide by any infringement on its sovereignty.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 01:03 UTC

  Franco and Rajoy meet to discuss Ibero-American summit non-invitation to Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan president Federico Franco and Spain’s Mariano Rajoy are scheduled to meet on Tuesday at the United Nations building to talk about bilateral issues and the coming Ibero-American summit in Cadiz, next November 16/17 which has become a highly controversial issue.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 20:07 UTC

  Paraguay will expose its dispute with Mercosur before the UN General Assembly

  

  Paraguay plans to publicly denounce before the United Nations General Assembly that Venezuela’s incorporation to Mercosur is illegal and so is the temporary suspension imposed on the country by the trade block, anticipated President Federico Franco.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 03:01 UTC

  Mercosur dispute reaches UN: Paraguay informs political events to Ban Ki-moon

  

  Paraguayan president Federico Franco explained to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon the current political situation of the country which emerged from the impeachment by the Senate of Fernando Lugo and his removal from the Executive office by an overwhelming majority, decision the ousted leader had accepted.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  US calls on Brazil to reconsider proposed tariff increases in Brazil and Mercosur

  

  US Trade Representative Ron Kirk urged the Brazilian government in a letter sent on Wednesday to reconsider plans for “protectionist” tariff increases expected to hurt US exports.

• Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:37 UTC

  Venezuela and Argentina sign 24 agreements in the oil-food industries

  

  Venezuela and Argentina signed three institutional agreements and 24 among corporations during the two-day First Meeting for the Venezuela-Argentina Petro-industrial development with the purpose of intensifying trade, investment and cooperation between the two countries.