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.

BUSINESS

MercoPressJanuary 11, 2015
64

The ten safest airlines in 2014 has Australia’s Quantas top of the list

With 2014 having the dubious distinction of being the year of some of the most tragic and mystifying aviation incidents…
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EUROPE

MercoPressJanuary 9, 2015
0

Fears in Europe of violent retaliation and Islamophobia following Paris killings

The terror attack that killed 12 people in Paris on Wednesday will have come as little surprise to Europe’s police…
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ENERGY

MercoPressJanuary 9, 2015
7

Top five factors affecting oil prices in 2015

As we ring in the New Year, let’s take stock of where we are at with the oil markets. 2014…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressJanuary 7, 2015
13

US oil price falls below 50 dollars threshold, and markets decline sharply

The US oil price fell below the symbolic threshold of $50 a barrel for the first time since April 2009,…
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EUROPE

MercoPressJanuary 6, 2015
9

Spain tried to abort US Congress bill in support of Gibraltar’s right to self determination

Spain tried to persuade US politicians to drop an initiative calling for the House of Representatives in Washington to formally…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressJanuary 3, 2015
8

Panama Canal planning major transshipment port on the Pacific entrance

The Panama Canal Board of Directors this week formally approved the development and construction of a transshipment port in Panama’s…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressDecember 25, 2014
9

Sexual abuse scandal hits Argentine Air Force Academy

Male 23-year-old cadet discharged, turned over to the courts over two allegedly proven cases of rape and at least five…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressDecember 19, 2014
25

New gameboard for Maduro after US-Cuba reconciliation

Analysts agree that the Venezuelan president will need to put aside some of his anti-imperialist jargon and socialist practices to…
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NEWS

MercoPressDecember 18, 2014
7

Holdout funds, Malvinas: Mercosur presidents back Argentina

Full support also expressed for Venezuela against sanctions from the administration of United States President Barack Obama. The documents are…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressOctober 31, 2014
10

Venezuela furious with Rajoy ‘interventionism’, recalls ambassador ‘on consultation’

Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Spain to protest “interventionist declarations” made by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the Venezuelan News…
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