South American Community of Nations Coming in September

The Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, said that the meeting of South American presidents to formalize the South American Community of Nations should occur in the second fortnight of September.

Prior to this, on August 1-2, the chancellors of the countries in the region will meet once again to define the terms of the Community’s Constituent Charter, which will be submitted to the presidents for approval.


Three declarations were issued yesterday by the chancellors. They express concern over the political crisis in Ecuador, declare their countries’ support of Peru’s candidacy for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council, and compliment Venezuela for its independence day, which will be commemorated in July.


According to Amorim, who hosted the encounter, the meeting was fruitful. “For the first time we exchanged ideas on the tasks and the institutionalization of the South American Community,” he said.


The South American Community of Nations unites the countries of the region in a project based on political, economic, physical, and commercial integration.


The idea of creating the bloc was launched at the Rio Group Summit Meeting last November and formalized in December, in the Peruvian city of Cuzco – which is why Peru exercises the role of pro tem secretariat.


The basic principles of the Community were presented in Cuzco and will be authorized at the presidential meeting set for September.


Agência Brasil

Tags:

You May Also Like

In Brazil’s Inhumane Jails Almost Half the Inmates Were Never Convicted

Since its transition from dictatorship to democracy in the mid 1980s, Brazil has undergone ...

Brazil Intent on Restarting Nuclear Program in the Next Few Months

The president of Brazil’s Nuclear Energy Commission (Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear), Oldair Gonçalves, ...

Arabs See Summit in Brazil as Political Platform

Nations participating in the Summit of South American-Arab Countries have different interests, says the ...

Brazilian Tile Maker Wants Bigger Chunk of Foreign Pie

Gyotoku, a company from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, specialized in products ...

Brazil Starts Work of Identifying Victims of Air France’s Flight 447

Airlines worldwide are scrambling to replace plane speed sensors on a number of Airbus ...

Brazil’s Health Council Wants Patents for Three AIDS Drugs Broken

Brazil’s National Health Council sent Thursday, August 11, a document to the Brazilian Minister ...

230 Agents Involved in Brazil’s Operation Against Child Porn

The Brazilian Federal Police started this past Tuesday, August 19, Operation On-Line Rescue in ...

Brazil to Become More Attractive to Oil Exploration

The president of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP), João Carlos França de Lucas, says ...

Brazil Doubles Exports But Lags Way Behind China

The series of Foreign Trade Encounters, held for the 106th time last Thursday, May ...

US Nun’s Murders Condemned in Brazil. Masterminds of Crime Not Tried Yet.

Two Brazilian men have been convicted of killing an American nun who spent decades ...