EU-Latin America/Caribbean summit in Vienna

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LATAM-EU: ANOTHER SUMMIT IN VIENNA

by Julio Godoy

VIENNA (IPS) - A little more than 190 years ago, from September 1814 until June 1815, European political powers gathered in Vienna to redraw the map of the continent, based on "the principle of legitimacy" rather than rights derived from war.

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LATAM-EU: DIVIDED MERCOSUR HEADS TO SUMMIT

by Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) - A divided Mercosur trade bloc is taking part in the EU-Latin America/Caribbean summit in Vienna, but it is not only circumstantial problems that are standing in the way of integration between the two regions, according to Brazilian analysts.

LATAM-EU: COOPERATION OR DEPENDENCY?

by Julio Godoy

VIENNA (IPS) - The EU-Latin America/Caribbean summit, to take place Friday in the Austrian capital, will be marked by the contradictions that pervade relations between the two regions. While the governments tout cooperation, civil society organisations complain that it often merely serves to strengthen ties that benefit corporate Europe.

LATAM-EU: FAIR TRADE FILLS SUPERMARKET SHELVES

by Julio Godoy

VIENNA (IPS) - Bananas from Ecuador, chocolate from Bolivia, coffee from Guatemala and Mexico, sugar from Nicaragua: agricultural products imported from Latin America are increasingly visible on supermarket shelves in the Austrian capital, where the heads of state and government of Europe and Latin America will meet on Friday.