MercoPress
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00
Paraguayan senators reiterated that given certain conditions and political agreements they are prepared to vote for Venezuela's incorporation to Mercosur as full member.
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 00:00
Member nations of Mercosur will seek to boost economic and political ties with Cuba in a bid to make the island an associate member of the trade bloc.
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 00:00
The decisions by the governments of Brazil and Argentina last week to recognize an independent Palestinian state with borders prior to the 1967 Six Day War has prompted criticism from the United States and intense lobbying in Santiago de Chile.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 00:00
In his Twitter Uribe wrote: "Reply to Wikileaks: I proposed it and I did it: to protect Colombians you must capture the terrorists where ever they are."
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela’s incorporation as a full member of Mercosur has been secured following the confirmation of a political agreement in Paraguay, the only of the four-country group that still had a vote pending in congress.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 00:00
Chile is willing to cooperate with a sea-outlet for landlocked Bolivia but will not cede sovereignty because "we will never accept something that divides the country in two".
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 00:00
The summit expects leaders from 19 countries of the region plus Spain, Portugal and Andorra, six associate observers and 9 consulting observers.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
Uruguay became this week the ninth country to ratify the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) foundation charter thus giving full legal effectiveness to the twelve-nation group.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
Unasur Foreign Affairs ministers meeting in Guyana reached on Thursday a consensus on a "democratic clause" to be incorporated to the group’s charter with the purpose of preventing coups in the region.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
The Paraguayan Senate is expected to finally vote for the incorporation of Venezuela as Mercosur full member next week following intense political negotiations.