Shoving Peru out of the Andean Community of Nations

Excerpted editorial from today’s El Comercio newspaper: Another ungrateful junkyard dog. This time it’s an Andean breed with two heads? Once more, the Bolivian and Ecuadorian governments have made obvious their obstructionist agenda and politicking within the Andean Community of Nations (CAN). Bolivia and Ecuador maliciously insist on throwing a monkey wrench into the works [...]

Peru’s García urges Ecuador and Bolivia to hop aboard EU free trade talks or risk missing the train

President Alan García set speedy passage of a free trade pact and overcoming a quarrel within the Andean bloc about the rhythm of negotiations with Europe on Thursday as he inaugurated the EU-Latin American summit. “It is necessary to accelerate the signing of a free trade agreement between the Andean Community of Nations and the [...]