Iván Duque could consolidate the exit of Colombia from Unasur

The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) could be in its last days. The president-elect Iván Duque announced, during his tour in the United States, that he would take steps for Colombia to withdraw from this international forum in which also participate Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and other countries. Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The possibility of the exit is already in the making and not only of our nation. In April, the Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay and Colombia sent a letter temporarily suspending their participation in the agency. The withdrawal is not yet final, because to finalize it will have to deal with an initiative before the Congress and send a letter to the member countries in which it expresses its intentions.

According to the Chancellor María Ángela Holguín, in interview for Colprensa, this body is practically finished. "With the Pacific Alliance, we focused on the economy, trade, competitiveness, and we moved away from the issues on which Unasur was unfortunately focusing, namely the political issue and the differences that exist in their countries. political and social models, without going out of there. It is the difficulty of this body, the differences can be recognized but progress must be made. There were important issues such as infrastructure, working together in health, medicine, but everything was left out by a much more political vision. "

And according to the professor of the University of Antioquia, Luis Felipe Buitrago " When Unasur was created the goal was to break the direction of the United States in the region in political and economic matters, an initiative that was then led by the former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, that did not leave the expected results and became an entity promoting socialism of the 21st century. "

Although Colombia joined the organization since 2008 and has held the General Secretariat between 2014 and 2016, with the former president ] Ernesto Samper Pizano, the benefits n & # 39

According to the professor of the School of Government of the Externado University of Colombia, Jairo Libreros, "there is no I realizes that this must be emphasized for Colombia in the whole history of its participation in Unasur. "

He adds that" the organization did not even play a leading role at the regional level, it simply became a forum where people wanted to talk about 21st century socialism. If we look at the statements from Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile, UNASUR will surely cease to exist in the next 24 months. "

The situation of the agency is not easy.The president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno badured that the Union was a very good idea that "it did not work for ideological reasons", so he decided to ask for the return of the building where he was working, the space costing tens of millions of dollars is useless, we must ask Unasur to make this building to give it a better destination, "said the president, according to the AP news agency.

The political situation is not better, the crisis in Venezuela and the scandals involving ] Lula Da Silva in Brazil have made the leadership held by these two countries, the managers of the 39 idea, disarticulate the multilateral organization.

In fact, after Samper was at the General Secretariat, Unasur entered a paralysis that left him headless until 2017. Argentina, which had pro tempore presidency declined and 39, was until April 2018, when Fernando Huanacuni, badumed the presidency of the body