Tag: Rodolfo Nin Novoa

• Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  Uruguay/Brazil meeting to attempt an advance in Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  Uruguay and Brazil foreign ministers Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Mauro Vieira will be meeting this week in Brasilia in yet another attempt to push forward the stalled negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, according to the minutes of a meeting of the Uruguayan official with members of the Foreign Affairs committee.

• Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Uruguayan president meets Obama; UNHCR will provide Guantanamo detainees with homes

  

  The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country`s President said on Friday.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Mercosur is being left out of the main global trade flows, argues Uruguay

  

  Mercosur is being left out of the main global trade flows since it only belongs to 1% of free trade treaties or tariff preference agreements, which actually represent half of world trade, said Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa during a conference on “Education and regional integration”.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2015 - 04:23 UTC

  It's official: Uruguay will not receive any more Guantanamo inmates

  

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa said on Monday that Montevideo absolutely will not accept any more inmates from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo, in contrast to the previous government of Jose Mujica, who took in - as refugees - six Middle Eastern men who had been held at the facility.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2015 - 19:30 UTC

  “EU tired of waiting” for Mercosur to sign a trade agreement; Paraguay a trusted partner

  

  The European Union is tired of waiting for Mercosur to sign a free trade agreement, according to a delegation of Euro members of Parliament visiting Paraguay, a country which they consider a trusted 'ally' in trying to establish closer links with Europe.

• Monday, February 2nd 2015 - 03:49 UTC

  Uruguay's new administration after more open and frank relations with Mercosur

  

  Career diplomats at key embassies, a more frank approach in talks with Mercosur, closer links with Israel and any free trade option with the United States remains frozen, anticipated Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Uruguay's next foreign minister as of next March first when the new administration takes office.