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Colombia’s Mejía formally takes office as Unasur Secretary General

Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 10:31 UTC
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Colombia’s former Foreign Minister, María Emma Mejía, was appointed Monday as the new Secretary General to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in a ceremony in Georgetown hosted by Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo. Read full article

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  • GeoffWard

    “South America is one of the regions in the world with the largest gap between rich and poor. We need to reverse this terrible situation,” she explained.”

    I guess you do this by making the rich poorer.
    As most of the rich are politicians, perhaps we should tell her that turkeys don't actually vote for Christmas.

    [This is only partially a joke.]

    May 10th, 2011 - 07:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Martin_Fierro

    Thank you Geoff for that enlightened remark.

    UNASUR is official.

    May 10th, 2011 - 11:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard

    It has been official since 2008, it´s just that now it has somebody in post to do something.

    May 11th, 2011 - 12:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Martin_Fierro

    “Unasur became legally existent last March 11 when nine of its twelve members ratified the treaty and charter.”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2011/05/11/unasur-to-achieve-a-south-american-continent-united-and-in-peace-by-2020

    Before these nine members ratified the treaty, the argument was that the treaty wasn't ratified. Unasur has had a Secretary General since the beginning, Nestor Kirchner.

    I don't really see the argument now, to be honest.

    May 11th, 2011 - 01:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard

    Yo! Unasur is official!

    Only need Paraguay on side and we can get near a Unasur Full House.

    Only need Paraguay on side and we can welcome the chief lunatic Chavez to the Mercosur asylum.

    It's bad enough having Venezuela in line for controlling South American continental affairs,
    but having Chavez twisting the tail of Brasil's Mercosur-worldwide trading arangements is just too much to contemplate.

    Still, perhaps Dilma talked some sense into him at yesterday's meeting. Some hope!

    May 11th, 2011 - 10:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Martin_Fierro

    Always looking at the half-empty side of the glass, huh Geoff? ;-)

    Come on man, I'll buy you a cup of coffee... by the time you finish it you'll feel even more hopeful.

    May 11th, 2011 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard

    :-)

    May 11th, 2011 - 12:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    Geofff, I'll buy for you your cucumber sandwiches.

    May 11th, 2011 - 06:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard

    :-))

    May 11th, 2011 - 09:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    Geoff, when are you going back to your homeland and stay there?

    May 12th, 2011 - 03:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard

    Fido, we citizens of the globalised world travel widely, and we live many places.
    Though I was born elsewhere, I live in Brasil - this land is my home.
    I wish it well; I wish it better; and I wish it better in the context of a better continent.
    It is not wrong to wish for and to work for that improvement - even (and especially) if it means supporting Mercosur and Unasur as well as Brasil.

    Come on, Fido, start beating your own drum.

    May 12th, 2011 - 11:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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