MercoPress
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 00:00
Washington has yet to determine a position regarding events in Paraguay.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 00:00
Paraguay and to a great extent Uruguay, have been particularly critical of some of Mercosur decisions which they complain has become a two-member club, Brazil and Argentina.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 00:00
For the first time in decades the powerful Argentine organized labour movement has confirmed it is going ahead with a much debated national strike against a Peronist government.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 00:00
The campaign is built around his personality and depends heavily on the government's popular welfare policies that are paid for by oil revenue.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 00:00
Argentina signed with China a raft of mostly farm-related agreements at a ceremony on Monday in Buenos Aires attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Argentine president Cristina Fernandez.
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 00:00
Uruguay called for strict respect of the Mercosur and Unasur democratic clauses and said the best way out of the current political crisis in Paraguay was to hold presidential elections as soon as possible.
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 00:00
Ambassador in Washington Jorge Argüello said that the Argentine Government is concerned with the deficit increase in bilateral trade with the US and is waiting for Barack Obama administration actions.
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 00:00
"The first step was to recall ambassadors, the second is to share information and see how Mercosur moves on from here and what are the options".
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 00:00
The father of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet probably died as a result of torture after the 1973 military coup, a judge said in Santiago.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 00:00
According to the Montevideo press the government will have a mechanism by which it sells marihuana cigarettes to consumers but with a registry of buyers.