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Brazil takes up Mercosur presidency aiming for deeper integration
Agencia Brasil
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July 3, 2025
Expanding trade, promoting energy transition, developing technology, fighting organized crime, and tackling social inequalities—these are the five priorities for the next Mercosur presidency, which Brazil will hold in the second half of this year....
Milei urges Mercosur to pursue greater trade openness at summit
Buenos Aires Times
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July 3, 2025
President Javier Milei on Thursday urged his Mercosur partners to push for greater trade openness within the bloc as he opened a major summit of the South American bloc in Buenos Aires. Speaking at the opening of the event, the La Libertad Avanza...
Panama Participates in its First Mercosur Summit as an Associate
Newsroom Panama
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July 3, 2025
Panama President Mulino emphasized the need to build a water reservoir to guarantee the availability of water for the Interoceanic Waterway and the population, preventing future damage like those caused by the El Niño phenomenon. In his first...
Argentina Mercosur Summit
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - West Virginia
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Leaders attending the Mercosur Summit pose for a group photo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 3, 2025. From left are Paraguay's President Santiago Pena, Ecuador's Vice President Maria Jose Pinto, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da...
Panama Participates In Its First Mercosur Summit As An Associate -
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) Panama President Mulino emphasized the need to build a water reservoir to guarantee the availability of water for the Interoceanic Waterway and the population, preventing future damage like those caused by the El Niño...
EU’s neighbours strike Mercosur trade deal as Brussels awaits
EurActiv
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July 3, 2025
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has clinched a trade agreement with Mercosur, welcoming South American agricultural products, which remain the main stumbling block for EU ratification. After a decade of negotiations, EFTA (Iceland,...
Fresenius Medical Care Collaborates With Coordination Of National Institutes Of Health And Specialty Hospital To Extend Access To Innovative Dialysis Therapy In Mexico
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) High-Volume Hemodiafiltration is used for the first time in seven out of 10 CCINSHAE centers in Mexico In Mexico, 240 CCINSHAE patients are now being treated; more than 410 regular patients also treated Fresenius Medical Care...
Uruguayan La Libertad Avanza fails to overcome first hurdle
MercoPress
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Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:02 UTC Montevideo's Electoral Court discarded many of the alleged endorsements over repetitions and irregularities The Uruguayan version of Argentine President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) failed to secure...
South America's Mercosur, Europe's EFTA bloc seal trade deal
Deutsche Welle
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July 2, 2025
Mercosur, South America's largest trade bloc, on Wednesday signed a trade deal with the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA is made up of Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, while Mercosur comprises full...
Modi to discuss expansion of India-MERCOSUR PTA with Brazilian, Argentine leaders
The Hindu Business Line
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July 2, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he embarks on his first-ever bilateral visit to Ghana, in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold discussions on the proposed expansion of the India-MERCOSUR...
Milei reportedly ‘not interested’ in meeting Mercosur peers
Buenos Aires Times
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July 3, 2025
President Javier Milei had yet to confirm any bilateral meetings with the other heads of state set to attend Thursday’s Mercosur summit in Buenos Aires, which the La Libertad Avanza leader will host. In a shocking admission, a government source...
Origami helps behavioral health patient find healing through art
York County News - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
Anthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan HospitalsAnthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan Hospitals Over the past year, WellSpan Philhaven hospital in...
Uruguay issues Swiss franc bonds for the first time
MercoPress
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Friday, June 27th 2025 - 08:40 UTC This placement “reflects the confidence of investors in the institutional soundness of the country,” Oddone argued Uruguay issued sovereign bonds in Swiss francs for the first time Thursday, totaling 320 million...
Fate of major EU trade deal hangs over Mercosur summit amid French resistance
Malay Mail
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July 3, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, July 3 — The fate of a landmark trade deal with the European Union, which France is trying to block, looms large over a summit this week of South America’s Mercosur bloc. Brussels in December struck a deal with Mercosur’s founding...
Switzerland and EFTA sign trade deal with Mercosur
Swissinfo
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July 2, 2025
Discussion on a trade deal between EFTA and Mercosur started in 2017. Keystone / Gaetan Bally Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial...
Panama’s President Mulino Travels to Argentina to Participate in the Mercosur Summit
Newsroom Panama
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July 2, 2025
President José Raúl Mulino will travel to Argentina this Wednesday to attend the 66th Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), where Panama will participate for the first time as an Associate State. As an Associate State,...
Fate of EU free-trade deal looms as Milei hosts Mercosur summit
Buenos Aires Times
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July 2, 2025
The fate of a landmark trade deal with the European Union, which France is trying to block, looms large over a summit this week of South America's Mercosur bloc. Brussels in December struck a deal with Mercosur's founding members – Argentina,...
Panamanian President to attend Mercosur Summit in Argentina
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
According to a joint statement from Palacio de las Garzas (headquarters of the Executive), this block of countries represents the fifth largest economy in the world and the first in Latin America, with more than 271 million inhabitants and a Gross...
First Mercosur summit hosted by Argentina’s Milei kicks off in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 2, 2025
The first Mercosur leaders summit hosted by Argentine President Javier Milei kicked off in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Discussions revolving around free trade agreements with the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) are set...
Bi-oceanic corridor feared to hamper Montevideo Port's future
MercoPress
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Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:13 UTC Montevideo is expensive and Uruguay is a small country, Pozzi explained Uruguayan National Port Administration's (ANP) representative at the River Plate Basin Terminal (TCP), Jorge Pozzi, raised concerns...