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...
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 [...]
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...
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...
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...
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 )/...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
October 12, 2009 - By Donwald PresslyPresident Jacob Zuma returned from Brazil over the weekend with an agreement in the bag between Mercosur and the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) that will liberalise trade for about 1 000 tariff item lines.Accompanied by International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, Zuma strengthened ties with a key
President Jacob Zuma has returned from an excursion to Brazil with a Mercosur-Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) agreement in the bag that will liberalise trade for about 1 000 tariff item lines.
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