Unasur approves statute for defense policies coordination

Unasur approves statute for defense policies coordination
15:30, May 08, 2010

The Defense Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) approved on Friday here the statute project of the Strategic Studies Center, which will promote coordination and harmonization of defense policies in South America.

The approval was made during the 2nd Ordinary Meeting of the South American Defense Council (CDS), which started on Thursday in Guayaquil, southwest to Ecuador.

The Strategic Studies Center is part of the CDS Action Plan, aimed to generate a strategic thought at regional level to support the coordination and harmonization of the defense policies in South America.

The center will contribute to identify the challenges, risk and threats factors, opportunities and relevant scenarios for the regional and world defense and security at short, medium and long terms.

The Unasur groups Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

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No way they will arrive at much. Venezuela is aligned as Colombia's enemy. Bolivia and Chile hate each other. Peru and Ecuador have traditional hostility. Suriname doesn't count for much. Guyana and Venezuela have a border dispute, and Paraguay hates everybody around them.