MercoPress
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 00:00
The Venezuelan government is organizing a massive turnout for Thursday January 10 in support of re-re-elected president Hugo Chavez with the attendance of several Latinamerican leaders
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil has been hit by weakening Chinese demand for commodities, while rival Mexico, the new darling of foreign investors, is posting increasingly strong growth
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 00:00
According to reports in the Argentine media, the nationalized Argentine oil company YPF, formerly owned by Spain's Repsol, will be teaming up with Venezuelan oil giant PDVSA to explore the continental shelf around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 00:00
The populist Correa, who has won strong popular support for a range of measures including expanding access to health care and improving roads and highways, hiked the minimum wage to 318 dollars per month
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil under military rule from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s profited from precision rocket exports, many to former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein and Arab states in the Persian Gulf
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 00:00
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is planning to visit Mexico in early 2013 taking advantage of the good chemistry with the new leader Enrique Pena Nieto
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 00:00
Operation Agata will involve some 20.000 personnel from the navy, army and air force shortly before the Confederations Cup, a mini dress rehearsal for Brazil's 2014 World Cup
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 00:00
Ms Rousseff's hope seems to be that full employment and rising real wages will be enough to secure her a second term in 2014.
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 00:00
Hundreds of thousands of protestors, probably a million according to some estimates, took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday evening to hold the 8N pot-banging demonstration against the administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez.
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday that he will be attending the coming Mercosur presidential summit next 7 December in Brasilia.