Tag: Paraguay

• Thursday, November 21st 2013 - 18:22 UTC

  Uruguay confirms a “several speeds” Mercosur in trade talks with European Union

  

  For Mercosur it is absolutely crucial that the trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union becomes effective said Uruguayan Vice-president Danilo Astori who indicated that Brazil and Uruguay are advancing the agreement at a faster speed than Argentina, which is involved in “a more protectionist focus”.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:49 UTC

  Paraguay normalizes relations with Venezuela and Brazil; Bolivia next

  

  The new Paraguayan government of President Horacio Cartes is rapidly formalizing relations with its Mercosur partners. On Tuesday the ambassador that will represent the country in Venezuela, Enrique Jara took the oath of office, which in fact means full normalization of relations with the country ruled by Nicolas Maduro.The ceremony at Government House in Asunción was headed by President Cartes and cabinet members.

• Friday, November 8th 2013 - 05:38 UTC

  OIE restores Paraguay free of FMD with vaccination status

  

  The World Organization for Animal Health, OIE restored Paraguay with the status of free of foot and mouth disease, FMD, with vaccination, a condition it had lost back in September 2011. The news was confirmed in Asunción by Paraguay's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Jorge Gattini

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  Mercosur meets in Caracas to consolidate `'joint and only presentation' before EU

  

  Mercosur members will be holding an extraordinary meeting in Caracas on 15 November to define an 'only joint position of the group ahead of the presentation to the European Union, in the framework of negotiations for the trade and cooperation accord, said Venezuelan foreign minister Elías Jaua.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 01:12 UTC

  Former Paraguayan president ambassador in Argentina to improve 'Mercosur links'

  

  Former Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte Frutos is scheduled to arrive this week in Buenos Aires where he will be taking the post of ambassador in Argentina one of the most politically important for the land-locked country.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:17 UTC

  Paraguayan congress should vote Venezuela's incorporation to Mercosur before December summit

  

  Foreign minister Eladio Loizaga revealed that the Paraguayan congress must first approve Venezuela's protocol of incorporation to Mercosur before the country can attend the coming bloc's summit scheduled for next 17 December in Caracas.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 21:26 UTC

  Cartes and Rousseff confirm Mercosur with inauguration of 500 KW power plant and transmission line

  

  Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes and his peer from Brazil Dilma Rousseff inaugurated on Tuesday a 500KW power plant and line from the Itaipú hydroelectric dam to the city of Asunción which should help end endemic blackouts and supply a new industrial park.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:22 UTC

  In a further step to normalize relations Paraguay names new ambassador to Venezuela

  

  Paraguay has named veteran diplomat Enrique Jara as new ambassador in Venezuela, giving a further step towards the full normalization of relations that had been interrupted since July 2012 when the two countries expelled their respective accredited staff.

• Monday, October 28th 2013 - 20:30 UTC

  Cartes and Rousseff to open vital supply power line for Paraguay's capital built with Mercosur funds

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will inaugurate on Tuesday in Paraguay next to his peer Horacio Cartes a high voltage transmission line from the world's largest operational hydroelectric dam Itaipú to metropolitan Asuncion, capital of the landlocked country and which was financed with Mercosur funds.

• Saturday, October 26th 2013 - 04:59 UTC

  Paraguay will lead Mercosur trade negotiations with the EU next December

  

  The Paraguayan foreign affairs ministry will represent Mercosur next December when the exchange of proposals with the European Union for a long pending free trade agreement, announced Uruguayan president Jose Mujica on Friday following private talks with his visiting peer from Paraguay, Horacio Cartes.