What is "mercopress"

MercoPress is an online news agency based in Montevideo, Uruguay. The agency, founded in 1993, provides information focused on Latin America and the South Atlantic in general, with a particular emphasis on Mercosur member countries and covering the region's insular territories, mainly the Falkland Islands. MercoPress has been publishing information in English since its beginnings, incorporating a Spanish version in 2008.