Business / Trade in Venezuela
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GUYANA, 2015/11/09
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CHILE, 2013/11/11
The schedule with the Brazilian president includes Mercosur and the coming round with the European Union for a free trade and cooperation agreement; bilateral trade; integration issues; wind farms; Uruguay's planned deep sea port close to Brazil; the withdrawal of the peace contingent in Haiti, and most probably officially denied but significant Argentina's new measures harming Uruguay's exports and ports' activities.
Uruguayan president Jose Mujica decided to advance Monday's ministerial cabinet for Saturday so that he can fly to Brazil and Venezuela where he is scheduled to meet with Dilma Roussefdf and later Nicolas Maduro. Mujica on Friday al last moment cancelled his trip to Brasilia but will be conference Rousseff in the southern city of Porto Alegre.
Regarding Venezuela, there is growing concern over the delay in payments for Uruguayan exports, and this is crucial for Mujica since Venezuela is in the short inventory of best clients for dairy produce, grains, beef, chicken and chemical products.
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BOLIVIA, 2013/07/16
Marco Aurelio argues that “Mercosur is equal to minus Paraguay plus positive Venezuela” and analyzes recent Paraguayan politics basically affirming that former president Lugo ‘won the elections but at no time had control of power’.
Brazilian international affairs advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia admits the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur was done without Paraguay’s approval and argues the breakdown of Fernando Lugo was because of his political incapacity to follow on the steps of other nations with strong popular support such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador
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RUSSIA, 2013/02/11
Venezuela and Russia Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation and Russian investment in the South American country's petroleum industry.
At a conference between Vice President Nicolas Maduro and a Russian business delegation headed by Igor Sechin, president of Russia's national-owned oil company Rosneft, Maduro said the leaders of the two nations, Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez, have strengthened bilateral relations through their joint efforts.
