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Venezuela: Integration Depends
on MERCOSUR
The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)"s
success or failure will
determine the fate of the
regional integration process,
said Foreign Minister Ali
Rodriguez, who ratified the
joining of the group by
Venezuela on Jul 4.
In a meeting with local and
foreign journalists in Caracas,
Rodriguez considered that in the
international scene, true
integration is expressed as an
alternative which is
irreconcilable with the
US-promoted neoliberal design.
In Rodriguez" opinion, an
integration based on
complementariness, cooperation,
solidarity and respect of
sovereignty is gaining ground
vis a vis a free market which is
unfair for underdeveloped or
developing countries.
He said there are enough
conditions of complementariness
among countries of the South to
carry on with what he described
as "a necessary, urgent course."
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