Mercosur
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:59:00 GMTEU/Mercosur trade deal: How detrimental for Mercosur and how beneficial for EU farmers?
A few days after European Commission President Ursula von del Leyen signed a long-pending trade agreement with four South American nations, French farmers were back on the streets dumping manure. This time they parked the tr...
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:55:00 GMTMilei reviews his first year in office
Argentine President Javier Milei reviewed his first year in office, during which he did manage to slow down inflation, albeit at a cost. “I want to thank the ordinary Argentines who were treated as second-class citizens for d...
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:59:00 GMTFTA to represent 5.1% increase in Brazil's commerce with EU
A Brazilian expert foresees that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) will represent a 5.1% increase in commerce with the bloc that is already South America's ...
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:48:00 GMTPanama becomes Mercosur associate State
Panamian President José Raúl Mulino Friday signed his country's accession to the Southern Common Market as an associate State during the bloc's 65th Leaders Summit in Montevideo, on the sidelines of which the finalization of...
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:07:00 GMTMercosur-EU FTA signed at last
The South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union announced Friday in Montevideo the final signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both blocs, thus creating the largest and most populated commerce zon...
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:35:00 GMTMilei takes over Mercosur's rotating presidency
In one of the last significant moments of his five-year term ending Feb. 28, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou handed over the rotating chair of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Argentine colleague Javier Milei a...
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:11:00 GMTMercosur Summit: Lula decorates Mujica too
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday decorated former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica (2010-2015) with the National Order of the Southern Cross on the sidelines of the two-day Mercosur Summit in Montevi...
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:55:00 GMTMercosur-EU FTA ratification imminent
Momentum is building up in Montevideo as the presence of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seems to herald the imminent signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) as Br...
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:38:00 GMTPetro decorates Mujica with Colombia's highest distinction
Colombian President Gustavo Petro Thursday decorated Uruguay's former head of State José Pepe Mujica with the Order of Boyacá for his commitment to regional peace. The ceremony was held at Mujica's residence in Rincón del Ce...
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:55:00 GMTMercosur-EU deal at stake at Montevideo Summit starting Thursday
The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) hopes to clinch the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) during the two-day regional bloc's Summit starting Thursday in Montevideo with European Commission President Ursu...