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Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Paraguayans rush to bordering city to buy fuel smuggled in from Argentina
Hundreds of Paraguayans rushed over the weekend to the coastal town of Nanawa – formerly Puerto Elsa – in the Presidente Hayes province to buy cheaper fuel smuggled from Clorinda, Argentina, it was reported.

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:32:00 GMT
Mercosur can't agree on a joint communiqué on the Ukraine conflict
Lack of consensus on the drafting of a Mercosur joint statement on the Russia/Ukraine situation, plus the fact it was only signed by three of the four block's members, forced on Friday the removal of a first copy.

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Rescuing juvenile Magellan penguins along the Uruguayan coast
Uruguayan marine life protection organizations have come across an unexpected number of juvenile penguins on their annual transit to less frigid waters in neighboring southern Brazil.

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Brazil and South Korea share it's a good moment to advance with the Mercosur agreement
Brazil's leading think tank, Getulio Vargas Foundation, believes that in the current global trade situation with bottlenecks, shortages of inputs and transport challenges there is a great opportunity to reach an integral trade ...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Paraguay could be forced to import soybeans because drought has halved production
The South American drought that has extended to several Argentine provinces and Brazilian states has also hit hard Paraguay, the world's fourth exporter of soybeans. In effect, crops are suffering and the processing industry is...

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:29:00 GMT
Uruguayan President promised new investments by Argentine group
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou met this week with representatives from the Argentine Grupo Werthein to discuss further developments and investments in the country, it was reported.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:17:00 GMT
Uruguayan leisure businesses need help after poor summer season due to Omicron
Uruguay’s hotels and restaurants will seek compensation from the Government for their losses during a summer season which was between “mediocre” and “dire,” as tourism was nowhere near pre-pandemic levels, it was anno...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:50:00 GMT
Bolsonaro, Putin discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin Wednesday underlined the future importance of the BRICS partnership (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and called for a more fluent dialogu...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Uruguay highlight bilateral increasing trade
Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Tuesday in Buenos Aires with his Uruguayan counterpart Francisco Bustillo to discuss a 33% increase in bilateral trade, among other issues.

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:45:00 GMT
Bolsonaro visits new populist friends, "strong man Putin" and Hungary's Viktor Orban
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to arrive in Russia on Tuesday for an official visit, which has been described at a highly awkward diplomatic timing, given the stand-off in Ukraine between Moscow and the Western...



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