Mercosur
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:28:00 GMTMercosur leaders push for a regional security architecture against organized crime
The fight against transnational organized crime emerged as one of the central themes of Mercosur's 68th summit of heads of state, held on Tuesday in the Paraguayan city of Luque, where several leaders called for building a regi...
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:26:00 GMTUruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency vowing to modernize and open the bloc
Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi on Tuesday assumed the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur and set as a priority of his term to "keep modernizing" the bloc and consolidate its trade opening, following the provisional entry int...
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:22:00 GMTMercosur turns to Asia with Japan talks as the EU quota split stays unresolved
Mercosur on Tuesday announced the start of trade negotiations with Japan and reaffirmed its intention to diversify alliances toward Asia during its biannual summit in Asunción, where Paraguay handed over the bloc's pro tempore...
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:24:00 GMTMilei brings open disputes with Brazil to a Mercosur summit focused on trade deals
Argentine President Javier Milei will take part on Monday and Tuesday in the Mercosur summit of heads of state in Asunción, a meeting whose trade agenda —led by the agreement with the European Union— will coexist with open...
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:13:00 GMTThe EU deal's quota split will dominate the Mercosur summit as Uruguay takes the helm
The internal distribution of export quotas under the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union will dominate much of the debate at the bloc's summit of heads of state, to be held on June 30 in Asunción, where Par...
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:36:00 GMT“Evidence” on Iranian nuclear weapons is about as reliable as Trump himself
By Gwynne Dyer - Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned, retired or fired U.S. Director of National Intelligence told Congress just two months ago that U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapon...
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:17:00 GMTUruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency this month, with EU quotas a top priority
Uruguay will assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur on June 30, during a summit of the bloc in Paraguay, with the distribution of the quotas from the agreement with the European Union (EU) among the main items on its age...
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:06:00 GMTEU-Mercosur trade deal takes effect provisionally as legal challenge awaits ruling
A month after the provisional entry into force of the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur, exchanges have been governed since May 1 by the terms agreed upon, while political and legal attention in Bruss...
Fri, 29 May 2026 06:31:00 GMTCapricorn Bioceanic Corridor advances to final stretch to connect Atlantic with Pacific
The Capricorn Bioceanic Corridor, one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects underway in South America, is moving through its final stretch on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, with just twenty-one metres remaining...
Sat, 23 May 2026 02:34:00 GMTUruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union
Uruguay this week filled 63% of the annual zero-tariff rice quota granted by the European Union to Mercosur, in the first significant trade milestone since the provisional entry into force, on 1 May, of the association agreemen...