Ecuador leaves Unasur and wants its seat | The disunity …

The President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, announced "the definitive withdrawal" of this country to UNASUR and, in addition to confirming that he will ask for the return of the building where the headquarters is located from the regional organization, he announced that he would withdraw the statue of former President Néstor Kirchner, located at the entrance to the square. The announcement is not occasional. Next week, presidents of the region will gather in Chile to head towards the creation of Prosur, the space promoted by the right-wing governments in which Venezuela was excluded.

Ecuador is the second country to withdraw from the regional group formally created in 2008 under the leadership of former Presidents Hugo Chávez, Néstor Kirchner, Inacio Lula Da Silva and Rafael Correa. Colombia was the first to leave, while Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay suspended their participation in this space last year.

Lenin Moreno said during his announcement that the block "has become a political platform that has destroyed the dream of integration" and announced its intention to deliver the headquarters of the organization, located in Quito at the Ecuadorian indigenous university.

It is that the exit of this country is not only a gesture of the right-wing governments of the region, but also implies the definition of the seat. "We will not consign a cent more, nor an additional contribution to the budget of the organization," he said.

Immediately after this announcement, former President Rafael Correa questioned the decision – described as "treason" not only from his country "but from all over Latin America" ​​- and baderted that for her, "Moreno will go to the trash". Latin American history. "They can not kill dreams," he said.

With the abandonment of Ecuador and Colombia, the bloc that unites 12 countries and has, in the last decade, concentrated the articulation of anti-colonial policies and in favor of economic and political integration has been reduced. to a group of five: Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The emptying of Unasur is a sign of support for the initiative of Chilean President Sebastián Piñera to create the Prosur, a South American forum that, next week, will adjust the stitches in the capital of this country. country and will attend the visit of the Argentine Mauricio Macri.

The meeting will take place next Friday 22 and it is expected that the state leaders that make up the Lima group will participate and support the initiative of the United States to overthrow the constitutional government of Nicolás. Maduro, Venezuela. At the meeting to be held in Santiago de Chile, the warrants will prepare a statement against the Bolivarian government and, as expected, the creation of Prosur.