Colombia leaves UNASUR to protest inaction on Venezuela
Colombian President Ivan Duque announced
Monday that his country's departure from UNASUR would be completed in six
months. In a statement on the presidential website, Duque said: "Today
with precise instructions, the foreign minister sent UNASUR the letter where we
denounce the constituent treaty of that entity and in six months our withdrawal
will be effective." The president was blunt in his appraisal of the group:
"UNASUR is an institution that has lent itself, with its silence and often
with its complacency," Duque said. "We cannot continue being part of
an institution that has been the greatest accomplice of the Venezuelan
dictatorship." Duque follows other regional leaders from Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay who decided in April to temporarily suspend
membership of the bloc. More…
Colombian President Ivan Duque announced
Monday that his country's departure from UNASUR would be completed in six
months. In a statement on the presidential website, Duque said: "Today
with precise instructions, the foreign minister sent UNASUR the letter where we
denounce the constituent treaty of that entity and in six months our withdrawal
will be effective." The president was blunt in his appraisal of the group:
"UNASUR is an institution that has lent itself, with its silence and often
with its complacency," Duque said. "We cannot continue being part of
an institution that has been the greatest accomplice of the Venezuelan
dictatorship." Duque follows other regional leaders from Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay who decided in April to temporarily suspend
membership of the bloc. More… 
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