The government has confirmed that Argentina is withdrawing from Unasur

April 13, 2019

The decision, confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is due to the "high ideological content" and the crisis of the institution. The same is true for Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru.

The government confirmed this Friday that Argentina withdraws from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) as a result of the crisis of the body, which is headless more than two years ago.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the decision with a statement in which it stated that the country is ready to "explore alternatives for regional integration more effective and with tangible results "for society.

"Argentina denounced at the date of the founding treaty of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), by a communication addressed to the Republic of Ecuador in its capacity as depositary and a note President of this regional organization, Chancellor of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, "the statement said.

It also states that "this decision was taken in the context of crisis that afflicts this organism, manifested in the Statement by the General Secretariat for more than two years, as well as a agenda with strong ideological content and very far from its original goals and the administrative mess that has prevailed in the organization lately. "

Regarding the diagnosis on the situation of Unasur, the statement said that it is "shared by several countries in the region, some of which, such as Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, have also made the decision to withdraw from the Union ". .

In this way, and "in communicating its decision to the Presidency Pro Tempore, Argentina has ratified its vocation of integration and its willingness to explore new and more effective solutions of regional integration with tangible results ".

Now, and facing the deterioration of Unasur, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru will focus on the badembly of Prosur, an organization that has emerged to promote pragmatic and effective decisions, far from ideologies and with the desire to "renew and strengthen" South American integration.

Colombia announced that it was withdrawing from Unasur

The Forum proposes integration in terms of infrastructure, energy issues, health and the fight against international crime and drug trafficking.

The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) is a political and economic community consisting of twelve countries of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname , Uruguay and Venezuela), born on December 8, 2004 and headquartered in Quito.