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.

Breaking News

MercoPressJanuary 27, 2017
15

Mexican wall and migration dispute escalates: Peña Nieto cancels White House visit

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has cancelled next week’s trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. His decision…
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EUROPE

MercoPressJanuary 17, 2017
8

Hard Brexit: UK to leave the single market and Parliament will vote on the final deal, pledges PM May

Prime Minister Theresa May has said the UK “cannot possibly” remain within the European single market, as staying in it…
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BUSINESS

MercoPressJanuary 7, 2017
18

Olympic Games help Brazil break record of visitors last year: 6.6 million, 2 million from Argentina

Brazil saw a record number of international tourists in 2016, boosted by the first Olympic Games held in South America,…
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ASIA

MercoPressDecember 27, 2016
20

Tension mounts as strong Chinese fleet of aircraft carrier and navy vessels spotted south of Taiwan

What China’s Defense Ministry deemed as “routine exercises,” was cause for grave concern among Taiwanese authorities as a strong Chinese…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressDecember 20, 2016
15

Macri manages to neutralize labor unrest with accord on income tax floor

The Argentine government managed on Monday a great breathing space after reaching an understanding with labor unions on income tax…
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NEWS

MercoPressDecember 14, 2016
24

Venezuela definitively spoils Argentina’s Mercosur taking-chair ceremony

If Venezuela’s intention was to spoil Argentina’s ceremony as the new holder of Mercosur pro tempore chair for the next…
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AMERICAS

MercoPressDecember 9, 2016
19

Brazil and Argentina agree to open Mercosur to the world and expand trade horizons

Brazil and Argentina foreign ministers agreed on Thursday in Brasilia that Mercosur must open to the world and expand its…
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NEWS

MercoPressNovember 25, 2016
6

Foreign Office tells Trump there’s “no vacancy for the job of UK ambassador in Washington”

Britain dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador…
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Breaking News

MercoPressNovember 13, 2016
22

The US dollar curse has Cristina Fernandez on the edge of a public trial

Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez was prosecuted on Friday for fraudulent administration in detriment of the Argentine state in the…
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BUSINESS

MercoPressOctober 10, 2016
8

Global debt reached 225% of world GDP; concern with private debt buildup in China and Brazil

The IMF said about two thirds of the 2015 total, or about US$100 trillion, is owed by private sector borrowers,…
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