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.
South American farmers hail Mercosur-EU deal, wary of fine print
Latin America to defend beef production at UN food summit
Region fears their agricultural products will be scapegoated by more powerful blocs
Reuters – Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially big food producers in South America, will join forces to defend the region’s livestock production at a United Nations’ food summit this month amid concerns over the sector’s environmental impact. Paraguay’s farming and livestock minister, Santiago Bertoni, said in a video conference that the main focus was
Five bodies found in fertilizer shipment from Serbia to Paraguay
Reuters – Paraguayan authorities said Oct. 23 they had found at least five badly decomposed bodies inside a shipment of fertilizer that left Serbia three months ago. The container arrived via Argentina at a river port on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital Asuncion. The bodies were discovered when the managers of the company that
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