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.

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MercoPressMay 19, 2015
10

Massive turnout in Guatemala demanding president Perez Molina steps down

Thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets on Saturday, demanding the nation’s President Otto Perez Molina leave office in the…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressMay 11, 2015
18

Argentina will file complaints against speculative funds in Belgium

Economy Minister Axel Kicillof confirmed the Argentine government will be filing a complaint against speculative or ‘vulture’ funds for seeking…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressMay 6, 2015
12

US approves licenses for passenger ferry service with Cuba

The US Treasury Department has approved licenses for passenger ferry service between the United States and Cuba, a Treasury Department…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressMay 2, 2015
7

IMF insists with gloomy forecasts for Argentina’s economy this year and 2016

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has repeated its forecast of a 0.3% drop in Argentine GDP over the course of…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressApril 21, 2015
2

China makes effective 5bn dollars loan to Venezuela for ‘development plans’

China has awarded Venezuela 5 billion dollars for unspecified “development plans,” President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday, approximately three months…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressApril 10, 2015
10

Cristina Fernandez will visit her close new friend Putin on April 22/23

Argentine President Cristina Fernández will be heading to Moscow in just under two weeks upon invitation from Russian President Vladimir…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressApril 8, 2015
6

Falklands/Malvinas war documents declassified; Argentine Defense ministry has 30 days to make them available

The Argentine government on Monday officially declassified secret files relating to the country’s 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressApril 6, 2015
16

Argentina ‘malvinazing’ history through ‘mature nationalism’ says president on Malvinas war 33rd anniversary

Argentina is ‘malvinazing’ (Malvinas) its history, but not through chauvinist patriotism but mature nationalism that seeks international law and peace…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressApril 2, 2015
12

Argentine president main speaker at Falklands war ceremony and enshrinement of “Our Lady of Malvinas”

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be the main speaker at the commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the start of…
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EUROPE

MercoPressMarch 30, 2015
9

French local elections confirm come back of Sarkozy and containment of Marie Le Pen

The far-right National Front (FN) made only limited gains in French local elections won by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives. The…
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