Brazil: Paraguay may suspended from Mercosur bloc

Brazil: Paraguay may suspended from Mercosur bloc
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press
6:42 p.m., June 28, 2012

MENDOZA, Argentina — South American foreign ministers plan to recommend that Paraguay be suspended from the Mercosur regional trade bloc over last week's ouster of former President Fernando Lugo, Brazil's foreign minister said Thursday.

But Antonio Patriota said that ministers attending a bloc summit in Mendoza, Argentina will recommend against economic sanctions in retaliation for the impeachment of Lugo. Speaking to a small group of journalists outside closed-door meetings, Patriota said he could not give any further details about Paraguay's possible suspension, nor say how long it might last.

Mercosur's final decision on what to do about Paraguay will be announced Friday following a meeting of regional heads of state.

"We have been working on a resolution that will be taken tomorrow ... as you all might have anticipated, it is the suspension of Paraguay's participation from the workings of Mercosur," Patriota told reporters after meeting with his Argentine, Uruguayan and Venezuelan counterparts.

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