What is M ercosur? 1
I S A TRADI NG ZONE BETWEEN BRAZI L, ARGENTI NA, URUGUAY & PARAGUAY FOUNDED I N (M ARCH, 26TH ) 1991 BY THE TREATY OF ASUNCI ON LATER AM ENDED AND UPDATED I N (DECEM BER,17TH ) 1994 BY THE TREATY OF OURO PRETO)
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Where are these countries? 2
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Other kind of members (besides basis ones) 3
BOLI VI A (ACE #36), CHI LE (ACE #35), PERÚ (ACE #58), COLOM BI A & ECUADOR (ACE #59) VENEZUELA (HAVE ASSOCI ATE M EM BER STATUS SI NCE 2006) Lic. María Celeste Gigli Box (ERFdB)
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Gladly, times were changing up… 4
I N DECEM BER 2004, I T M ERGED WI TH THE ANDEAN COM M UNI TY TRADE BLOC (CAN) TO FORM THE SOUTH AM ERI CAN COM M UNI TY OF NATI ONS.
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What’s the Andean Community? 5
I S A TRADE BLOC COM PRI SI NG THE SOUTH AM ERI CAN COUNTRI ES BOLI VI A, COLOM BI A, ECUADOR, PERU & VENEZUELA. THE TRADE BLOC WAS FORM ERLY CALLED THE ANDEAN PACT AND CAM E I NTO EXI STENCE WI TH THE SI GNI NG OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT I N 1969.
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What‘s its purpose? 6
TO PROM OTE FREE TRADE AND THE FLUI D M OVEM ENT OF GOODS, PEOPLE AND CURRENCY
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And there’s others purposes? 7
SOM E OF US SEE I T AS GI VI NG THE CAPABI LI TY TO COM BI NE RESOURCES TO BALANCE THE ACTI VI TI ES OF OTHER GLOBAL ECONOM I C POWERS, PERHAPS ESPECI ALLY THE USA AND EU.
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And another one? 8
THE ORGANI ZATI ON COULD ALSO POTENTI ALLY PRE-EM PT THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AM ERI CA(S) (FTAA).
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Economic Potential 9
THERE ARE M ORE THAN 220 M I LLI ON CONSUM ERS I N SOUTH AM ERI CA AND THE COM BI NED GROSS DOM ESTI C PRODUCT OF THE M EM BER NATI ONS I S M ORE THAN ONE TRI LLI ON DOLLARS/YEAR.
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Recent Events 10
AT THE SEASI DE RESORT OF M AR DEL PLATA (ARGENTI NA) ABOUT (250 M I LES) SOUTHEAST OF NATI ONAL CAPI TAL, WAS THE VENUE OF THE FOURTH SUM M I T OF THE AM ERI CAS BETWEEN NOVEM BER 4TH & NOVEM BER 5TH , 2005.
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Heads of State at M ar de Plata
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Recent Events 12
M AJOR SECURI TY ARRANGEM ENTS AND M ASSI VE POPULAR PROTESTS AGAI NST THE PRESENCE OF THE USA’S PRESI DENT GEORGE W. BUSH, ON LATI N AM ERI CAN SOI L, TOOK PLACE I N THE DAYS LEADI NG UP TO THE SUM M I T. Lic. María Celeste Gigli Box (ERFdB)
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Recent Events 13 THE REGI ONAL PRESI DENTS
ASSOCI ATED WI TH EFFORTS TO PROM OTE LATI N AM ERI CAN I NTEGRATI ON (FROM L-R; CASTRO, CHÁVEZ, KI RCHNER, DA SI LVA, VÁZQUEZ) DURI NG A PROTEST AGAI NST THE PRESENCE OF BUSH I N M AR DEL PLATA,
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Recent Events 14
THE THEM E OF THE FOURTH SUM M I T WAS TO BE CREATI NG JOBS TO FI GHT POVERTY AND STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATI C GOVERNANCE. THE DECLARATI ON AND PLAN OF ACTI ON, SI GNED BY THE ATTENDI NG HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNM ENT AT THE CONCLUSI ON OF THE EVENT, WAS EXPECTED TO DEAL EXTENSI VELY WI TH JOB CREATI ON TOPI C. NEVERTHELESS, M OST OF THE DELI BERATI ONS CONCERNED FREE TRADE OF AM ERI CAS.
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Recent Events 15 I N THE M I DST OF PROTESTS FROM CI VI LI AN POPULATI ON AND AFTER OPPOSI TI ON FROM THE M ERCOSUR COUNTRI ES, M AI NTAI NED THAT THE U.S.-LED PROPOSAL WOULD DAM AGE THEI R NATI ONS' ECONOM I ES AND THE SUM M I T TALKS FAI LED TO REACH AN AGREEM ENT ON A REGI ONAL TRADE DEAL. TALKS CONTI NUED BEYOND THE SCHEDULED END OF THE M EETI NG AS SUPPORTERS OF THE USA’S LED PROPOSAL SOUGHT TO SET ANOTHER DATE TO CONTI NUE NEGOTI ATI ONS. TWENTY-NI NE OF THE NATI ONS AT THE M EETI NG AGREED TO RESUM E TALKS OVER THE FTAA I N 2006; THE FI VE DI SSENTERS I NSTEAD PROPOSED TO WAI T FOR THE RESULTS OF THE NEXT WTO M EETI NG I N HONG KONG.
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Recent Events 16
LEADI NG UP TO THE SUM M I T, (THEN) BOLI VI AN PRESI DENTI AL CANDI DATE EVO M ORALES, ARGENTI NE SOCCER LEGEND DI EGO M ARADONA & CUBAN SI NGER-COM POSER SI LVI O RODRI GUEZ, TRAVELLED TOGETHER TO TAKE PART I N THE "PEOPLES' SUM M I T" OR THE "AM ERI CAN ANTI SUM M I T", GATHERI NG LATI N AM ERI CAN ACTI VI STS WHO OPPOSE THE WASHI NGTON CONSENSUS, THE FTAA & G.W. BUSH.
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Recent Events 17
M ORALES, M ARADONA & RODRÍ GUEZ WERE PART OF A GROUP OF PARTI CI PANTS WHO TRAVELLED ABOARD A TRAI N NAM ED THE EXPRESO DEL ALBA FROM BUENOS AI RES TO M AR DEL PLATA. ALBA I S TE ACRONYM FOR ALTERNATI VA BOLI VARI ANA PARA LAS AMÉRI CAS.
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Recent Events 18
THE GROUP ARRI VI NG I N M AR DEL PLATA ABOARD "ALBA EXPRESS" WENT TO THE WORLD CUP STADI UM WHERE VENEZUELAN PRESI DENT HUGO CHÁVEZ SPOKE TO THE CROWD, THEN JOI NED THE "PEOPLES' M ARCH" GATHERED TO REPUDI ATE THE PRESENCE OF GEORGE BUSH I N LATI N AM ERI CA.
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