Contadora & Support Group Nations Announce Plans for Regional

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4-16-1987 Contadora & Support Group Nations Announce Plans For Regional Political, Economic & Technological Integration John Neagle

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Recommended Citation Neagle, John. "Contadora & Support Group Nations Announce Plans For Regional Political, Economic & Technological Integration." (1987). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/notisur/603

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiSur by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LADB Article Id: 076805 ISSN: 1060-4189 Contadora & Support Group Nations Announce Plans For Regional Political, Economic & Technological Integration by John Neagle Category/Department: General Published: Thursday, April 16, 1987

On April 14-16, foreign ministers of the Contadora and Support Groups convened at the Tuquelen Hote, 24 km. from the Argentine resort town, San Carlos de Bariloche, to discuss preliminary initiatives toward establishing mechanisms for Latin American political, economic and technological integration. Attending the closed-door meetings were Dante Caputo, foreign minister of Argentina; Julio London, Colombia; Bernardo Sepulveda, Mexico; Jorge Abadia, Panama; Simon Consalvi, Venezuela; Roberto de Abreu Sodre, Brazil; Enrique Iglesias, Uruguay, and Alan Wagner, Peru. The Contadora Group (Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela), and its Support Group (Peru, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil) were established as mediators in negotiations among Central American nations to peacefully resolve that region's multi-faceted conflicts. At a January meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the ministers decided to expand their roles as consultants and mediators to embrace other issues affecting the political and economic stability of Latin America as a whole. On April 16, the foreign ministers released a two-page joint statement indicating that "consultations" on the foreign debt crisis will be held with Cartagena Agreement member nations in June. The "Group of 8" also stated it would assume responsibility for organizing a Latin American parliament, and for promoting the development of a regional food security system. Finally, the document expressed the mutual interest of the eight governments in advancing technological development. Buenos Aires was charged with organizing an "ad hoc" committee to explore mechanisms for establishing a regional consulting organization. The committee will present a report at the next meeting of the Group of 8, scheduled for August in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Basic data from NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS, 04/15/87; PRENSA LATINA, 04/16/87)

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