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  • Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, right, shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande in Havana,

    FRANCE, 2015/05/13 French President François Hollande met with retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his brother and current president, Raul Castro, on Monday during a historic visit to the communist island.   “I had before me a man who made history. There is a debate on what could be his place, his responsibilities. But coming to Cuba, I wanted to meet Fidel Castro,” Hollande told reporters before attending an official welcoming ceremony. He as well met with Raul Castro, who took over at the same time as his brother retired in 2008 due to poor health.

  • Paraguay's objections prevent Bolivia from full Mercosur membershi

    AMERICAS, 2014/12/19 The 47th Mercosur Summit (Common Market of the South) was held on Wednesday in Parana, Argentina, with leaders of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela discussing part other topics the entry of Bolivia as the newest full member of the world's fourth-major trading bloc next the European Union (EU), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Bolivia has the green light from Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay and Argentina from a time at the same time as Paraguay was under suspension due to the overthrowing of former President Fernando Lugo. With the sanction lifted, Paraguay seems to be looking to renegotiate the terms of membership.

  • Mercosur expressed full support to Argentina and Venezuela on Wednesday in Parana.

    PANAMA, 2014/12/18 The documents are particularly strong in support of Argentina as it stands up to “a small group of holders of non-restructured sovereign deficit bonds and express the bloc's most absolute rejection of these holdout funds, whose deeds hinder the succcess of final agreements between debstors and creditors and jeopardises the financial stability of nations.” With reference to the Malvinas/Falkland Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, the heads of national of full and associate members of Mercosur issued a communiqué reiterating their permanent support to the legitimate interests of the Republic of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute relative to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and recalled Resolution 31/49 by the General Assembly of the United Nations which urges both Argentina and the United Kingdom to refrain from taking decisions which entailed the introduction of unilateral modifications to the situation of the islands for as long as said islands are going through the proceedings recommended by the General Assembly.

  • Mercosur summit ; EU new foreign aid policy

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/01/11 Under the new EU rules as of this year high middle-gain nations, as defined by the World Bank will no longer be sheltered by the Generalized System of Preferences, which will be redirected to benefit the development of the poorest of the poorest in the world. Under the former implementation, the nations presently left out benefitted with 32% of the preferences system, and as well presented a growing competition in certain sectors to a European Union, suffering the consequences of several years of recession, budget cuts and unemployment.
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