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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Uruguay insists it has no intention of infringing Mercosur rules, just increasing trade opportunities
The Mercosur trade block, now under the chair of Brazil for the next six months, will be facing one of its most significant potential disruption challenges after the virtual summit with the presidents of the four founding membe...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:58:00 GMT
Uruguay swears allegiance to Mercosur, but will negotiate independently with third countries
On the eve of Thursday's Mercosur summit, Uruguay informed its partners that it will proceed with negotiations, expecting to reach trade agreements with third parties or blocks, outside of the four founding members group.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:56:00 GMT
Migrations Chief admits Argentine borders with neighboring countries may reopen soon, depending on vaccination rate
Argentina's Migrations Director Florencia Carignano Monday said reopening borders with neighbouring countries was under consideration for when vaccination has reached a larger number of people.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Uruguay's yearly inflation set at 7.33% after Monday's figures
Uruguay's yearly Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.33% as per data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), slightly above the government's target.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:08:00 GMT
Production of motor vehicles in Argentina shows signs of recovery
The production of motor vehicles in Argentina in June grew 14.5% compared to May's output for a total of 40,035 units, which made up for a 155.7% YoY increase against 2020 figures, it was reported Monday by the Association of A...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Brazilian industry and unions request suspension of Mercosur talks on reducing the Common External Tariff
The Brazilian Confederation of Industry, CNI and the IndustriALL-Brasil (which represents industry unions) have officially requested that in the next Mercosur meeting, scheduled for early this month, Brazilian representatives w...

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:09:00 GMT
Argentina's economy keeps falling, INDEC data shows
Economic activity in Argentina fell 1.2% monthly in April and accumulated three months of decline, according to data released Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC).

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Argentina ups restrictions on travellers from abroad
The Government of Argentina has decided to up its restriction on inbound travelers as of Saturday, in a move to prevent further cases of the SARS-Cov-2 Delta variant from entering the country.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Uruguay's blooming economy shows covid-induced setback
Uruguay's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 2.8% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of 2020, according to a Central Bank (BCU) report released Wednesday.

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:53:00 GMT
Uruguay makes donation of 12,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Paraguay
Uruguayan health authorities Friday made a donation to Paraguay of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anticovid-19 vaccine, some of which are due to expire June 28 and the rest by the end of August, it was announced.



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