(creio que o Congresso paraguaio aprovou, a partir do governo atual, o ingresso da Venezuela no Mercosul).
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Mercosul
On
5th July, Foreign Minister José Serra and former President Fernando
H. Cardoso traveled to Montevideo to meet with Uruguayan leaders – President
Tabaré Vázquez, Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa, former President Júlio
Maria Sanguinetti and Minister of Economics & Finance Danilo Angel Astori
Saragosa.
The
main objective of this visit was to “negotiate” the rotation of the presidency
of Mercosul set to occur at the next bi-annual meeting of the five Mercosul
nations, scheduled for 11th July (next Monday) in Montevideo. The “problem” is that by six-month rotation,
Venezuela would assume the Mercosul presidency – but Brazil, Paraguay and
Argentina question this rotation.
Last
month, Paraguay requested an emergency Mercosul meeting to suspend Venezuela’s
membership in Mercosul because of violations of the “Democracy Clause” in
Mercosul’s bylaws. Remember: Paraguay was
suspended back in 2012 after the 48-hour impeachment of then President Fernando
Lugo.
Now
the questions raised by Brazil and Argentina include other “problems” – comply
with Venezuela’s adhesion document (in 2012): 1) The Mercosul customs agreement (ACE-18); 2) The protocol regarding the free trade of services; 3) Has not participated in the
Mercosul free trade negotiations with the EU; and 4) Has not adopted
the “Residency Accord” that guarantees the free transit and residency of
citizens of all Mercosul nations. Serra stressed that Brazil’s position was
between that of Paraguay -- total opposition to Venezuela (the Paraguayan
congress never ratified Venezuela’s inclusion in Mercosul – and that of Uruguay
(total support for Venezuela).
During
his trip to Europe, Argentine President Mauricio Macri said that he was against
Venezuela assuming the Mercosul presidency on 11th July and favored two alternatives: 1) Argentina (the next on rotation after Venezuela) assume the
Mercosul presidency in July 2016; or
2) that Uruguay continue occupying
the Mercosul presidency until December 2016.
Since
2011, the internal trade flows among Mercosul members have declined by -37%.
As
might be expected the Venezuelan response was quite “violent” in its attacks on
Brazil’s “illegitimate” government and its interim Foreign Minister, José
Serra.
Mercosul meeting next Monday!!!
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