Americas under the aegis of the US . However , the bloc withstood the crisis and even has accelerated its intra-regional trade since . Although talks about the Mercosul crisis have intensified of late , nevertheless , the bloc 's executives continue to emanate optimism about the prospects of the bloc . Mercosul Secretariat director , Brazilian Reginaldo Braga Arcuri , reports , ``Mercosul is solid , has advanced , and is taking advantage of this moment of macroeconomic stabilization and of advances in the contacts among private actors (Bocchini , Bruno...











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