The government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this Friday the return of Brazil to Unasur, a group created under the influence of left-wing administrations from which it left four years ago by decision of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
“At a time of resumption of its main international alliances, Brazil will again be part of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur)”, announced the Brazilian presidency in a press release.
Lula da Silva decided through a decree, published on Thursday in the extra edition of the official newspaper, that the largest nation in Latin America will rejoin the group in 30 days, on May 6.
Founded in 2008 -during Lula’s second term as president-, with 12 members and a total population of almost 400 million inhabitants, Unasur was paralyzed by not being able to elect a new Secretary General since 2017 to succeed the Colombian Ernesto Samper.
The objective of Unasur is “promote integration between South American countries”, integrating Mercosur and the Andean Community “beyond the economic sphere. reaching an integration “social, cultural, scientific-technological and political”, specified the Brazilian government in the note.
The re-entry of Brazil is added to that of Argentina, which made its return official on Wednesday, indicating a possible new impetus to the group.
The conservative turn that the region took after the creation of the bloc and the different views on the Venezuelan crisis weakened Unasur in recent years, with the departures of Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Ecuador, as well as Brazil and Argentina.
Currently, the group is made up of Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela and Peru, which is currently suspended.
“With the measure, Brazil ratifies its commitment to the consolidation of South America as a zone of peace and cooperation”, said Lula’s Foreign Ministry, in another note.
Itamaraty announced that he will work “for the rapid resumption of cooperation initiatives” in various areas, such as health and infrastructure.
Source: Gestion
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