Tag: Paraguay

Friday, May 9th 2014 - 06:47 UTC
Brazil says Mercosur/EU to meet in Brussels at the end of May for trade talks

At the end of May Mercosur will be ready to exchange tariff-reduction proposals with the European Union, announced Brazilian Industry minister Mauro Borges who also anticipated the trade block would be holding a preparatory meeting next week in Caracas, Venezuela.
Friday, April 25th 2014 - 10:33 UTC
Paraguay's private sector insists in joining the Pacific Alliance

Paraguay has an economy which is complementary to the Pacific Alliance block and has become a very interesting option to increase trade, argued the country's main business organizations, Paraguay's Industrial Union and the Paraguay Rural Association.
Friday, April 25th 2014 - 10:24 UTC
Despite all, Mercosur is “working normally”, says Paraguayan foreign minister

Paraguay's foreign minister Eladio Loizaga said that there is no date for the several times suspended Mercosur summit, but a technical meeting is scheduled for next week in Montevideo when the issue, among others will be addressed. Nevertheless he insisted that the different bodies of Mercosur “are working normally”.
Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
Paraguay moving closer to Pacific Alliance; expects invitation for summit in Mexico

A top Paraguayan official will be travelling to Colombia to establish 'closer links' with the Pacific Alliance and advance with the country's full membership request. Paraguay currently with observer status is also waiting for the official invitation to participate in the Pacific Alliance summit scheduled for 22 June in Mexico.
Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:24 UTC
Argentina and Paraguay have Mercosur delayed summit in their bilateral agenda

Argentina's Hector Timerman and Paraguay's Eladio Loizaga will be meeting Monday in Asunción to address among other issues the three times delayed Mercosur summit, which should take place in Venezuela, and must be decided before next June when the group's six-month chair again rotates.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 11:50 UTC
Nobel 1936 Peace Prize medal, originally extended to an Argentine, auctioned at 1.1 million

A 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal, only the second such medal to be sold at auction, has fetched 1.1 million dollars in a sale to a private Asian collector, auctioneers Stack's Bowers said on Friday.
Thursday, March 27th 2014 - 08:46 UTC
Strike paralyzes Paraguay in demand for pay rises and against privatizations

Public life in Paraguay was largely paralyzed on Wednesday by a nationwide strike in demand of higher salaries and against the privatization plans of President Horacio Cartes. Peasants also joined the stoppage and marched on the capital Asunción protesting against the soy-agri-business which is leaving them landless.
Friday, March 21st 2014 - 06:09 UTC
US and Paraguay to collaborate in combating organized crime

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson said Washington is considering increasing cooperation with Paraguay in combating trans-national crime, particularly Brazilian organizations involved in durgs and arms trafficking.
Wednesday, February 26th 2014 - 20:33 UTC
Brazil farmers want a Mercosur/EU trade agreement even leaving Argentina out

Brazil would like free-trade talks between the European Union and Mercosur to include Argentina, but would be prepared to proceed without its regional ally if an understanding can't be reached on March 7, according to the head of Brazil's farming confederation.
Wednesday, February 26th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
Paraguay will chair Mercosur in the next six months, says Dilma Rousseff

Paraguay will hold the following rotating chair of Mercosur, (if the group's summit to be hosted by Venezuela and which has been delayed on several occasions really takes place). The announcement was made by Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during her visit on Monday to Brussels for the Brazil/EU summit, who underlined that Brazil supports dialogue as the way out to the current situation in Venezuela.