Insights and Stories on Paraguay

South American farmers hail Mercosur-EU deal, wary of fine print

Dec. 6, 2024 at 5:07 pm CST

South America's agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free trade agreement, though farmers said they wanted to see the small print of the deal.

U.S. grains: Soy rises on South American crop woes

Feb. 11, 2022 at 7:07 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Argentina says hit by second locust swarm, farmers on alert

Jul. 21, 2020 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Hugh Bronstein Maximilian Heath

South America fires could disrupt its farm belt’s rainfall

Oct. 9, 2019 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Monica Machicao

Trade bloc Mercosur, Canada launch talks for trade deal

Mar. 9, 2018 at 12:14 pm CST

By Reuters

Canada to seek Mercosur trade pact amid NAFTA uncertainty

Feb. 16, 2018 at 7:26 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government plans to open free trade talks with the four-nation Mercosur trading bloc in South America, an official said on Friday, at a time when the future of NAFTA is facing increasing uncertainty. Canada sends around 75 per cent of its goods exports to […]

By David Ljunggren

Brazil blocks JBS deal, seeks asset freeze

Jun. 21, 2017 at 3:33 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian judge has blocked JBS SA’s planned sale of a South American unit while the attorney general’s office urged the company’s assets be frozen, in signs of fallout from a corruption probe involving the controlling shareholders of the world’s No. 1 meatpacker. Federal Judge Ricardo Leite […]

By Cesar Raizer Lisandra Paraguassu

JBS sells LatAm units to Minerva

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:48 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA has agreed to sell plants in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to rival Minerva SA for US$300 million, as the world’s largest meatpacker seeks cash to weather a corruption scandal that caused a spike in funding costs. JBS will use proceeds from the transaction […]

By Ana Mano