CFK calls for 'unity' to shield region from crisis emerged from rich countries

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took to her Twitter account to say that “the fundamental goal in the unity of the region must be to make sure that the crisis has the less kind of possible impact in the development of our nations.” 

Fernández de Kirchner summoned the entire region to “become more united” in order to face a crisis that emerged “in the rich countries.”

“Our commitment is to have integration be even deeper because this is what has allowed us to grow,” she tweeted. “Maybe many will think that most of our discussions in th Mercosur summit were related to the situation in Paraguay, but in fact most of them were about the need to further expand regional integration.” 

“We discussed the need to join forces to face a crisis that is coming from abroad, coming from the rich countries,” she explained.

She also mentioned the Mercosur’s recent decision to accept Venezuela as a joining member of the trading bloc after July 31st in Rio de Janeiro and that both the Mercosur and Unasur will accept the will of the Paraguayan population after they have participated in “free, popular and democratic elections.” 

“We’ve decided we will not apply any sort of economic sanctions on Paraguay because our goal is to improve the quality of life of our peoples,” she concluded.