Mercosur Trip
Sophisticated Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday
I am especially looking forward to my first trip to BA. BA is one of about seven cities that I have left on my list of places to see.
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Ahmadinejad in Brazil
Z-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
1. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just completed a visit to Brazil. He was warmly welcomed by President Lula and generally glad handed and back slapped throughout his stay. 2. Brazil is the largest member of the Mercosur trade bloc, supposedly a precursor to a Latin American Union on the lines of what the European Union is today. The [...]
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Mercosur, EU launch university mobility program
People Daily (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the European Union jointly launched here Friday a university mobility program to fund 200 students from Mercosur countries seeking short-term study in another Mercosur country. The Program of Superior Education Mobility was presented by Uruguayan Education and Culture Minister Maria Simon and the European Commission's representative in Uruguay and Paraguay...
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Chávez’s Rantings Endangering Mercosur Membership?
PoliBlog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
While it has been over three years since it was agreed, in principle, to bring Venezuela into Mercosur, final formal entry remains in abeyance until the Brazilian and Paraguayan legislatures approve the deal. While the the Foreign Relations Committee of the Brazilian Senate voted 12-5 to move the agreement to the floor last month, the whole [...]
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Chavez's statements may hinder vote on Venezuela's accession to Mercosur: Brazilian senators
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The call by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the country's military on preparing for a war against Colombia may hinder the Brazilian Senate's vote on the Protocol of Venezuela Accession to Mercosur, warned some Brazilian senators on Monday. In the weekly Venezuelan program "Alo Presidente," broadcast last Sunday, Chavez urged people to defend the country against possible invasion by American...
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Latin America news roundup - November 1, 2009
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti speaks during a news conference at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa October 29, 2009. Micheletti said on Thursday he was ready to sign a deal to resolve the country's political crisis that could include a return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT) TOP STORY - New Reports Demolish...
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Brazilian Senate approves Venezuela's admission to Mercosur
People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Brazilian Senate's Foreign Relations Committee approved on a 12-5 vote Venezuela's admission to Mercosur (the Common Market of the South) on Thursday. The admission, which had already been approved by Brazil's House of Representatives, will now await President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's final sanction. The subject has caused controversy in the committee: while the Brazilian government wants Venezuela...
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Venezuela step closer to Mercosur
American Election 2008 (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Brazil’s Senate foreign relations committee approves Venezuela’s request to join the South American trade bloc Mercosur.
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Venezuela step closer to Mercosur
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Brazil's Senate foreign relations committee approves Venezuela's request to join the South American trade bloc Mercosur.
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Brazil Opposition Senators Seek Chavez Defeat in Mercosur Vote/ Venezuela, a un paso del Mercosur
Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The 19-member International Relations Committee will probably go along with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s push to admit Venezuela to Mercosur, as the bloc of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay is known, Jereissati said. The opposition argues Venezuela isn’t eligible because Mercosur’s charter allows only democratic nations to become full members ( full information )/...
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Chavez to discuss Venezuela's Mercosur membership with Brazil's Lula
People Daily (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Caracas Thursday to discuss Venezuela's Mercosur (Common Market of the South) membership and energy cooperation with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez. The meeting between Lula and Chavez, seventh in the context of quarterly gatherings, demonstrates the consolidation of an alliance founded on partnership for all-around development, said presidential...
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SACU-Mercosur deal to lift trade
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Pressly, Donwald (Business Report, Cape Town); BuaNews, from Sao PauloAccording to President Jacob Zuma, South Africa and other African countries have begun to explore more trading and export opportunities with countries in the South.“Africa is beginning to explore the potential for trade and investment among countries of the South. More than ever before, the nations of the developed and
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Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery
Pint of Unspecific (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Non-politicos, apathetics -you may zone out here. Mouth-breath to this or this or this or this or... this . I am not a eurosceptic. I love the idea of the EU. The idealist in me doesn't like its form. An imperfect union . I voted No twice because I'm not willing to accept an awful treaty and my EU being born out of lies and deception. Or being powerless to stop Blair becoming President, the first...
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New: Chevrolet AGILE Details and Photos
garagecar (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Chevrolet is launching a five-door for the Mercosur market. The Agile measures a little less than four meters. This five-door is a pure enhanced GM product developed in Latin America. Thought and developed in Argentina and Brazil, the Chevrolet Agile is only for the Mercosur market, particularly Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Enhanced five-door sedan, it displays a ground clearance of 16...
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Implosion Strategy moves to Brazil
Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
A successful struggle launched by a coalition of Palestinian organizations (BNC) led to the Brazilian parliament’s Foreign Relations and National Defense Commission to recommend against ratification of a free-trade agreement between Israel and the MercoSur trade organization pending Israel’s agreement to create a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders. MercoSur (Southern Common...