Just Auto (Free subscription) | yesterday
Renault gave its Brazilian unit the privilege of launching the Sandero Stepway. Development was focused on South American consumers with no plans for European sales, at least initially.
Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
According to Brazil's foreign minister Celso Amorim, it is "possible and desirable" that the nation will be admitted to the regional trade agreement between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, reports online news provider El Universal ( full information )/ El canciller de Brasil, Celso Amorim, cree que "es posible y deseable" que el congreso de su país apruebe el ingreso de Venezuela a Mercosur...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Thursday discussed a common strategy to address surging world food prices at an agriculture meeting in Chile. Agriculture Ministers of Mercosur's members gathered in the resort of Cocon in the Region of Valparaiso in central Chile to join the 14th ordinary meeting of the Agriculture and Livestock Council of the South (CAS). Chilean Agriculture Minister Marigen...
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Renault is expanding its Dacia Logan-based vehicle line-up in the Mercosur region with a new Stepway version of the Renault Sandero hatchback, to be launched in Brazil in October and then in Argentina.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Bolivia Sunday rejected allegations that it was trying to abandon the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) to join the Common Market of the South (Mercosur). "Bolivia is part of the CAN and it believes this is a process of integration that benefits its member countries," Bolivian ambassador to Peru Franz Solano told reporters. Solano rejected that Bolivia intended to leave CAN as Venezuela did, when it...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Brazil will seek elimination of a double tariff on goods within the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) during its rotating presidency of the regional bloc, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin said Monday. While speaking at a meeting of the Mercosur parliament held in this Paraguayan capital, Amorin called the abolishment of the double tariffs as an "urgent and prioritized" issue. Mercosur should...
Caracas Chronicles (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Juan Cristobal says: - Don't miss the latest outburst from chavista congresswoman Desireé Santos Amaral in the front steps of the Mercosur Parliament, where Leopoldo López was about to explain the case of his ban from public office... Discusión a las puertas del Mercosur by noticias24 I was reminded of my grandmother, who always said that no matter what problems we had in the family, we should "wash...
Argentina's Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Seven students and graduates of the Faculty of Architecture at the National University of Rosario are going to visit 50 cities in 40 days, a whirlwind tour of cities within Mercosur. According to IPS, the project is called Proyecto Brasilia (the Brasilia Project) because the city of Brasilia is a strange amalgamation of architectural phenomenon. [...]
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
After five postponements, completely free trade amongst the Mercosur countries has again been delayed and will now not begin until 2013.
Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's opponents will meet with a regional trade bloc's human rights panel in a bid to press the government to reverse a rule that bans some of their candidates from running for office ( full information )/ Opositiores al presidente venezolano Hugo Chavez se reunen con presentantes de la comisión de derechos humanos del bloque regional de comercio regional a fin de presionar...
Counterfire blogg (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Buenos Aires, Aug 04 ABN.- The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, affirmed that the Venezuelan nation is Mercosur already, ‘we feel Mercosur and the rest are rather political and legislative times.’ The statement was issued by Venezuela’s president at his arrival to Argentina, in order to attend the meeting with [...]
Maru Angarita (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Venezuelan experts explain that what infamous Chavez is trying to do is to reinstate the rules that were defeated by the opposition on the Referendum of December 2, 2007: http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=94916 Mercosur legislator expects Chávez to stop political ineligibility measures: http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/08/01/en_ing_art_political-ineligibil_01A1866521.shtml Maru Angarita My...
Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The Chairwoman of Mercosur Human Rights Commission, legislator Adriana Peña, expects that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez would take all the necessary measures to prevent that political bans of candidates implemented by the Comptroller General affect democracy in Venezuela ( full information )/ La diputada Adriana Peña, presidenta de la comisión de derechos humanos del Mercosur, informó en entrevista...
GatewaytoSouthAmerica.com (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Why Uruguay to plant blueberries? The Uruguayan tax system is very advantageous for blueberry growers: The fruit has no export taxes. The workers total costs are the lowest of the MERCOSUR countries. In case the Uruguayan government changes the laws or/and taxes, investors have the possibility to export through the various TAX Free Zones of Uruguay. It is possible [...]
