MercoPress

MercoPress

MercoPress is an independent news agency started in 1993 which focuses on delivering news related to the Mercosur trade and political bloc, and member countries, covering an area of influence which includes South America, the South Atlantic and insular territories. MercoPress offers an update of the main events which model the Mercosur integration process, the current customs union, its influence on the main players of the region as well as the relations with other economic-political spaces.

AMERICAS

MercoPressSeptember 19, 2019
4,346

Austrian Parliament thumbs down Mercosur-EU deal

Austria’s Parliament Wednesday voted to veto the treaty between Mercosur and the European Union, a decision which will stop the…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressSeptember 7, 2019
2,079

Venezuela land dispute with Guyana on front stage and Guaido accused of high treason

Venezuelan prosecutors said Friday they would charge opposition leader Juan Guaido with “high treason” for planning to renounce the country’s…
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BUSINESS

MercoPressSeptember 2, 2019
2,975

IMF supports Argentina and its temporary currency controls

The International Monetary Fund said it will stand by Argentina after the government authorized currency controls on Sunday in an…
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POLITICS

MercoPressSeptember 1, 2019
2,329

Brazil thanks Trump for being “on the same page” in the Amazon controversy: no foreign interference

Brazil and the United States believe the international community should have no say in confronting fires raging in the Amazon…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressMay 14, 2019
46

Venezuela reacts with outrage after Guaidó asked for US military support to oust Maduro

Venezuela reacted with outrage on Monday after the opposition openly courted US military support, with the regime denouncing what it…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressMarch 7, 2018
16

Macri confirms gradualist approach to economic reforms in speech to Congress

In his speech to Congress marking the opening of this year’s legislative session, Argentine president Mauricio Macri defended his business-friendly…
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EUROPE

MercoPressDecember 23, 2017
13

Theresa May says she is more than “Madame Brexit”, and is “in for the long term”

British Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted she is more than “Madame Brexit,” having been given the title by Poland’s…
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Breaking News

MercoPressDecember 19, 2017
25

Royal Navy’s largest ever vessel leaks: some 200 liters of water per hour

The Royal Navy’s new multi-billion pound aircraft carrier has a leak so big that hundreds of liters of seawater pour…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressAugust 7, 2017
13

Cristina Kirchner/Macri dispute Buenos Aires province Senate seat

With less than a week to the Argentine primaries next Sunday to chose candidates for the October midterm election, the…
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Breaking News

MercoPressMay 4, 2017
12

French presidential candidates’ debate: plenty of insults and no substance

Independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen traded barbs and insults Wednesday night in their first and final…
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