http://www.newstin.com/us/mercosur Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80432149 Argentina wants an urgent meeting with Brazil and the other Mercosur country members in order to coordinate positions which would help address the impact of the current global financial crisis and its possible impact on the... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:29:36 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80432149 2008-10-10T01:29:36Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79701796 Brazil and Argentina, two biggest economies in South America, Monday launched a new payment system of bilateral transaction with their local currencies, aimed at eliminating the U.S. dollar as an intermedium. The new system was... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:55:07 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79701796 2008-10-07T05:55:07Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79650483 BUENOS AIRES, Oct 6 (IPS) - South America’s tendency towards trade diversification over the past few years may spare the region the worst repercussions from the U.S. financial crisis, unlike Mexico, which will definitely feel... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:34:11 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79650483 2008-10-06T20:34:11Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/78806166 The most ambitious and significant recent project undertaken by South America's armed forces has been the creation of Conselho Sul-Americano de Defesa (South American Defense Council - CSD), an agency of the Union of South... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:07:27 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/78806166 2008-10-02T02:07:27Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/77442702 MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY--(Marketwire - September 23, 2008) - The government of Uruguay, in a move to expand investment in new industries and technologies, has set aside land for an electric vehicle assembly plant expected to... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/77442702 2008-09-23T11:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76541226 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, presidents of Brazil and Argentina, respectively, signed this Monday, September 8, an agreement which officially launches the use of their countries currencies... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:06:23 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76541226 2008-09-09T16:06:23Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76331297 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 5 (IPS) - Paraguay’s new government wants to increase ninefold the revenues the country takes in from the sale of its share of the energy generated by the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, which it runs jointly... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:34:59 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76331297 2008-09-06T01:34:59Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75771870 SANTIAGO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- 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... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:54:25 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75771870 2008-08-29T01:54:25Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75266927 This Thursday, Venezuela's Parliament made public a communique undersigned by the members of the Committee on Citizenship and Human Rights of the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur), with date August 18th 2008, in which they... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:24:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75266927 2008-08-21T21:24:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74821803 Having lived in Venezuela for 20 years, half of that time under the Chavez regime, I found the following article to be of interest. It is from one of the Paraguayan newspapers which I have been reading as I try to get to know... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/74821803 2008-08-19T04:01:00Z