The South American Summit wrapped up so let's see what went on:
- Leaders called for exploring a union similar to Europe's. A high level commission will get started to study prospects.
- What makes this a tad confusing is the anti-capitalist comments that accompanied the talks. As Mexico's el Financiero reports there was talk of a single currency and of a powerful South American trade bloc but there was also lashing out against "typical capitalist mechanisms," the IMF and World Bank (don't blame them) and the obligatory whipping boy of the loony left "neoliberalism."
- Ecuador's Correa and Chile's Bachelet got together (en esp.) and discussed refining Ecuador's crude and the possibility of a free trade deal. He said it's ok with Chile but not US. Correa also hung out with Peru's Garcia - I suppose in the spirit of rapprochement between the two wings of the left.
