Foreign ministers of the member states of ALADI, or the Latin American Integration Association met Tuesday in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay with the goal of furthering a free trade agreement in the region. Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela and Uruguay are all members of this organization, indicating that the type of free trade agreement that would be achieved would be a far cry from Bush's FTAA.
The eventual goal of the organization is a common Latin American market. That, remember, is how the EU started.
They voted on several points, including support for Argentina's claim over the Falkland islands and a condemnation of the U.S. blockade against Cuba. In the U.N., every country in the world, except a handful, condemn that blockade every year.
The organization was founded in 1960, but recent integration efforts headed by Chávez or other such as the Bank of the South have breathed new life into the entity. They will also elect a new secretary-general for 2008-2011.
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The true integration of América Latina will be thru socialist federation, as the struggle of the working-class -- not thru tired old bourgeois institutions run by professional politicos, which are easily mis-directed by imperialist interests. But by all means: continue pushing integration in these fora as well.
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