The Andean community meets with Gustavo Petro, Guillermo Lasso and Luis Arce this Monday in Lima.

Andean Community of Nations (CAN) presidents will meet this Monday in Lima, for the international debut of the President of Colombia. Gustavo Petrowith the hope that Chile and Venezuela will return to the bloc.

“Peru will strive to ensure that this vision Andean community allow the return of Chile. Of course, at that time from Venezuela as well [la incorporación de] Argentina crossed by the Andes,” said Peruvian Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Rodriguez. TV Peru.

Rodriguez will chair a meeting of foreign ministers ahead of a conclave of leaders in which Ecuadorian Guillermo Lasso will hand over interim chairmanship of the group to his Peruvian counterpart. Peter’s castle.

This is the first Andean summit to be attended by Petro, Lasso, Castillo and Luis Arce, President of Bolivia.

Assuming the presidency of Colombia on August 7, Petro proposed to his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, that his country return to the bloc it left in 1976 under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Peru will contribute to the “revitalization” DOG, with the possible return of Chile and Venezuela, as well as the accession of Argentina, Rodriguez said. “Can you imagine how to advance this vision of an Andean homeland presidential effort, a homeland without borders,” he said.

This is not only Peter’s first summit in the Andes, but also his first visit abroad as president.

Castillo was unable to attend the investiture Petro in Bogota because Congress denied him permission to leave the country in early August.

Peru’s foreign minister said the summit should be held in Ecuador, “but circumstances led to it being held in Lima,” hinting that Castillo risks not leaving the country again.

“Peru extends a hand of gratitude to Ecuador and its President, William Lassowho made a truly magnanimous, wonderful gesture that the transfer of the interim presidency be carried out in Lima, [pues] It must have been in Ecuador,” he said.

Turkey is an associated country of CAN?

At the meeting, which should culminate in a joint declaration, Ecuador will report on its work to the head of the group. In addition, the leaders will decide whether to accept Turkey’s request to join CAN as an associated country. In addition to the presidents, four trade ministers are expected to speak at the meeting.

previous summit DOG was held in Lima in 2019 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its creation. In 2020 and 2021, bloc conclaves were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Andean community It emerged in 1969 in the context of development policy in the region and originally consisted of Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.

Although Chile left the bloc in 1976, it returned in 2007 as an associated country. Venezuela has joined DOG in 1973, but withdrew in 2006 due to disagreements with Bogotá and Lima, as they had signed bilateral free trade agreements with Washington without the consent of their Andean partners. The return of Caracas could be auspicious because all CAN countries except Ecuador now have left-wing governments.