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But Argentina's collapse has turned Mercosur into a shell.
Their collapsing economies can no longer hope to build their common market, Mercosur, into a strong regional entity that could negotiate on a more equal basis with the United States.
Uruguay's vice-president, Danilo Astori, called it perhaps the most serious "institutional wound" in Mercosur's history; the country's foreign minister also criticised the way the decision was taken.Turning Mercosur into a political union has in practice meant that its decisions are based on the preferences of the current left-of-centre governments, rather than on long-term national interest.
This idea lay behind the founding in 1991 of Mercosur, a group originally comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.But the left-wing governments in charge of those countries for much of the past decade have turned Mercosur into a different kind of enterprise.
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Even that concession might be thought more than enough: vigorous Brazilian growth, combined with Argentina's recent but long-lasting recession, has meant a trade balance in Argentina's favour since Mercosur got into full swing in the mid-1990s a mid-1990s a earlier days whichange Brazilians have used to persuade the Argentines that they are better ofromnsidearliersur than out.
Still, the way Brazil maneuvered Venezuela into Mercosur makes some critics of Mr. Chávez apprehensive.
She welcomed Hugo Chávez's Venezuela into Mercosur, which now, critics say, is more about solidarity among leftist governments than about trade.
In 2010, largely in response to his advocacy of Venezuela's ascent into Mercosur, Lugo lost the support of Vice Pres.
Mr Carromero admitted he had brought over money for Mr Payá, but asked the government not to use his case "for political ends".Venezuela was officially accepted into Mercosur, the South American trade block that includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Abroad, Mr Menem has mended fences with the United States, taken Argentina into the Mercosur trade group, and solved its last border disputes with Chile.
But it also because Mercosur has not evolved into the seamless single market its founders dreamed of.Since January 2011 Argentina has increased (to 600) the items for which import licences are not automatic a measure accepted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that allows countries to detain imports for up to 60 days.
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