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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 20:40 UTC

Tag: Paraguay

  • Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC

    Mercosur and EU analyze 'level of ambition' of their trade proposals

    The two-day talks are scheduled to end on Friday and on the EU side are headed by Rupert Schlegelmilch, who is a Director of the EU Trade Department

    Technical delegates from Mercosur and the European Union are holding a round of talks in Asunción to consider 'levels of ambition' for the coming exchange of tariff proposals with the purpose of reaching a much delayed free trade agreement, said Paraguayan Deputy Economic Relations minister, Rigoberto Gauto.

  • Friday, September 25th 2015 - 07:26 UTC

    Argentina remains 'reluctant' and has 'reserves' about a trade accord Mercosur/ Europe

    Argentina was 'very defensive' during the talks and foreign minister Hector Timerman abandoned the ministry by a side door

    Mercosur foreign ministers meeting held this week in Paraguay to decide on the proposal to present the European Union for a trade agreement, apparently was not as “satisfactory” as announced because of Argentina's reluctance and 'reserves' about opening its market to the EU.

  • Wednesday, September 9th 2015 - 07:29 UTC

    Paraguay refuses to acknowledge US$ 85m debt from dictator's time

    “There is a position to repudiate this debt and we will defend it strongly,” Attorney General Roberto Moreno told a press conference

    Paraguay’s three branches of government agreed on Monday that Asuncion bears no obligation to repay $85 million borrowed by a representative of the late Gen. Alfredo Stroessner during the waning years of the 1954-1989 military regime.

  • Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 03:37 UTC

    Mercosur's Paraguay meeting to iron out proposal to present to Europe

    The meeting in Asunción will be headed by Rigoberto Gauto, who is currently the Mercosur coordinator since Paraguay holds this half year the rotating chair.

    Technical teams from Mercosur country members are scheduled to meet next Tuesday in Paraguay to iron out the final proposal to be presented by the group to the European Union for the long delayed trade and cooperation agreement. The meeting in Asunción will be headed by Rigoberto Gauto, who is currently the Mercosur coordinator since Paraguay holds this half year the rotating chair.

  • Monday, July 13th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

    Argentina' Cristina Fernandez flies to Paraguay meets Francis for the sixth time

    The Argentine president had been invited by Paraguay's Cartés to attend the mass, and was the only regional head of state to visit Paraguay.

    President Cristina Fernández was present on Sunday in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción to hear Pope Francis give mass during his visit, and greeted the Argentine citizens who had travelled to see the leader of the Catholic church. The head of state left the open mass at around midday, handing Francis a gift before retiring after witnessing the ceremony with Paraguayan counterpart Horacio Cartés.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 05:43 UTC

    Francis calls on Paraguay to consolidate democracy and end corruption

    Pope's reception included women dancing in long swaying dresses as Guarani music played and people dressed as saints were carried on platforms.

    Pope Francis urged Paraguay to consolidate democracy and end corruption and drug trafficking, after receiving a colorful welcome on Friday at the start of the last leg of his eight-day South American tour.

  • Saturday, July 4th 2015 - 07:13 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez plans sixth meeting with the Pope, when he visits Paraguay

    The Pope and Cristina Fernández last private meeting was on 7 June in Rome. CFK said they discussed world hunger and politics, but not Argentine issues.

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández will have a meeting with Pope Francis during the Pontiff’s visit to Paraguay, official sources have confirmed. The Argentine leader will travel to Asunción between July 11 and 13 for her sixth encounter with Francis, who will be ending his South American tour during those dates. The Pope will visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, beginning Sunday.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 06:13 UTC

    Mercosur summit will establish 'action plan' to speed discussions with Europe

    “Discussions with the EU continue to advance. We're planning a meeting next September between Mercosur members”, said Nin Novoa

    The Mercosur Council will establish an “action plan” at the next Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for 16/17 July in Brasilia, when the group's chair for the next six months will be handed to Paraguay by Brazil. Other issues on the agenda besides making Mercosur more flexible include addressing the 'special regimes' and the 'free trade zones' in the area, revealed Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa.

  • Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 07:43 UTC

    Uruguay and Paraguay meet to talk about Mercosur, ports and energy

    Horacio Cartes was in Montevideo last March when the inauguration of President Tabare Vazquez

    Mercosur, ports, energy, trade are among the issues in the agenda that Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes will consider with his counterpart Tabare Vazquez when he makes a one day visit on Thursday to Montevideo, according to the Uruguayan ambassador in Asunción Federico Perazza, ahead of the meeting.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 08:06 UTC

    Paraguay believes in a 'single speed' approach to Mercosur/EU trade talks

    “We want a speedier relation with Europe, a relation which some talk about a 'two-speeds' approach, but we prefer a single speed”, said Cartes

    Paraguay believes in a 'single speed' approach to negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, but discussions must be more dynamic and wide ranging, said the country's president Horacio Cartes, currently visiting Spain.