{"id":15739,"date":"2019-03-23T13:34:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T05:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=15739"},"modified":"2019-03-23T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T05:34:25","slug":"south-american-countries-create-prosur-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=15739","title":{"rendered":"South American countries create Prosur in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SANTIAGO, March 23 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; South American countries launched the Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur), a new regional bloc which seeks the &#8220;integration and strengthening of the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presidents and representatives from Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay and Guyana signed a joint declaration to create &#8220;a regional space of coordination and cooperation, without exclusion of ideologies&#8221; at a meeting in Santiago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bloc intends to &#8220;advance toward a more effective integration, that allows contribution to growth, progress and development&#8221; for the nations, said the declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosur was driven by Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Colombian President Ivan Duque, with a goal of strengthening regional ties and replacing the 12-member Union of South American Nations (Unasur) which started in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosur is a forum &#8220;without ideology and bureaucracy, but with a total commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights,&#8221; Pinera said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alliance would provide a forum for South American countries to work together, make their voices heard and achieve more freedom, integration and development, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chile will lead Prosur for one year before Paraguay takes helm. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTIAGO, March 23 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; South American countries launched the Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur), a new regional bloc which seeks the &#8220;integration and strengthening of the region.&#8221; Presidents and representatives from Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay and Guyana signed a joint declaration to create &#8220;a regional space of coordination [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}