Sebastián Piñera: "Prosur will be a forum without ideology or bureaucracy"

"We want to create a forum for dialogue, meeting, coordination and collaboration that promotes the integration and development of our countries and we want it to be a forum without ideologies, without bureaucracy, that is a forum of frank and direct dialogue and which is clearly committed to the principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights", said Piñera at the opening of the meeting. For the president, this new forum is "necessary and urgent".

The President of Chile made these remarks at the inauguration of the Forum for Progress and Development of Latin America (Prosur), which also includes six other Presidents of South America. The summit takes place at the headquarters of the Chilean government, the palace of La Moneda, with the presence of Argentine Presidents Mauricio Macri; Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro; Colombia, Iván Duque; Ecuador, Lenín Moreno; Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, and Peru, Martín Vizcarra, with Piñera, who serves as host.

The Chilean President thanked the other Heads of State for their presence and He stressed the importance of this meeting after five years without a presidential meeting of South American countries..

Immediately afterwards, Piñera gave way to the development of the first session of the meeting, entitled "Dialogue for Coordination and Collaboration in South America", announced as open to the media through the official signal, but of which only speeches inaugural of the Chilean President.

In this first block, those present will engage in dialogue to "appreciate, value and order the experiences of the past" and examine "what is happening ahead", according to Piñera. "At that, we want to dedicate the first session to seeing what we have learned from the past because a new world is coming in, it's a wave we see and if we do not prepare, we'll go from the front, "said the Chilean president.

In the second block, "Sector Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Integration", leaders will work on "specific issues" such as health, social security, energy, defense, natural disasters, and natural disasters. Environment, announced Piñera.

In addition to the seven presidents mentioned, The Vice Chancellors of Bolivia, Carmen Almendra, and Uruguay, Ariel Bergamino, participate in this meeting. The country's ambbadador to Cuba, Edgar Armaketo, attended the Suriname meeting; and by Guyana, his ambbadador to Chile, George Talbot.

The President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, was invited to the meeting. He was recognized as president in charge of this country by more than fifty governments and apologized for his absence in Santiago for the sake of the agenda. His wife, Fabiana Rosales, is in Chile and participates in some side events at the summit.