Kudos to you, Andean Community

The Andean Community (Ancom) said Monday it will seek to deepen regional integration in the coming summit, which for the first time will be joined by members of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur).

Five Andean countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and four Mercosur countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay will take part in the summit scheduled for July 18, said Ancom.

Chile, Mexico and Panama, the three observer nations, will also send their delegates to the meeting, which marks a new step forward to a consolidated South American community, it said.

The Lima Summit will focus on democracy, social cohesion, battles against drug-trafficking, and economic and trade cooperation, it noted.

Source: Xinhua


As regional integration makes strides all over, it's good to see that the Andean Community, like many other regional blocs, are making the effort to look at how they cana move their region forward--without necessarily getting the US to do it for them.

Go Andean Community!