Mercosur

• Monday, March 4th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

  Corrientes and Montevideo under water due to heavy rains

  

  The city of Corrientes, the capital of the Argentine province of the same name, was left under water Sunday as 209 millimeters of heavy rains caused floods and material damage while vehicles were swept away by the current. Classes were suspended for Monday amid widespread power outages, with streets turned into temporary rivers.

• Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:40 UTC

  EU-Mercosur deal not this year, Peña says

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, who holds the pro-tempore presidency of the South American Common Market (Mercosur), ruled out Wednesday in Madrid an agreement with the European Union (EU) this year while insisting that his trip to Spain was more to offer than to ask.

• Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguay's Labor Minister pledges crackdown on human trafficking

  

  Uruguay's Labor Minister Pablo Mieres announced Tuesday that his agency would “increase surprise inspections,” it was reported in Montevideo. The measure was announced after the discovery of a human trafficking network in the mining sector of the department (province) of Artigas bordering both Argentina and Brazil.

• Wednesday, February 21st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Cameron underlines Mercosur's potential for UK after Brexit

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and British Foreign Secretary Davis Cameron met Tuesday in Asunción to discuss bilateral issues and also to explore the South American Market's (Mercosur) potential. Peña currently holds the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur.

• Wednesday, February 21st 2024 - 10:23 UTC

  Uruguay: River travel surcharge to trigger legal challenges

  

  Buquebús and Colonia Express, the two shipping companies providing regular passenger services between Argentina and Uruguay, announced this week that they planned to challenge President Luis Lacalle Pou's decree creating a US$ 2.56 surcharge for passengers arriving or leaving at the ports of Colonia and Montevideo.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 15:44 UTC

  Paraguay ready to receive Lord Cameron to increase links with UK

  

  Paraguay has announced that on Tuesday, 20 February British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron will be making his first official visit to the country, ”a significant milestone in the bilateral relation between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Paraguay.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Paraguayan President due in Buenos Aires for meeting with Milei

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is making a snap trip to Buenos Aires on Wednesday to meet with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, who has just returned from Italy. It will be their second encounter after Milei's Dec. 10 inauguration.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  Paraguayan Navy officer shot while touring Montevideo

  

  Paraguayan Navy Captain Marcial Martínez Gayoso who is stationed in Montevideo on a Mercosur mission was shot Tuesday at the Fortaleza del Cerro historical site while visiting it with his family.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 11:42 UTC

  Surplus from electricity exports benefits Brazilian customers

  

  Brazil totaled a surplus of R$ 888 million (US$ 179.26 million) from electricity sales to neighboring countries, which helped President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration ease the burden on Brazilian consumers, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, February 12th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

  Lacalle Pou insists Venezuela a dictatorship with no free elections

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Sunday from Melo, the capital f of the department (province) of Cerro Largo that the current government of Venezuela was “a dictatorship.”