65th Summit of Mercosur Presidents: The false dispute between progressives and 
neoliberals

Tribuna Popular, Dec. 30, 2024 (publication of the Communist Party of Venezuela)

On December 5 and 6, the 65th Summit of Presidents of Mercosur (Southern Common 
Market) was held in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. The meeting was attended 
by the presidents of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia -which 
recently became a full member of the bloc- and representatives of associated 
countries such as Colombia, Peru, Chile and Panama.

Contrary to the expectations generated by the propaganda laboratories, which 
present an apparent confrontation between supposedly antagonistic models 
─progressive governments versus neoliberal governments─, the summit went 
smoothly, without any substantive diabetes and in an atmosphere of cordiality 
that really characterizes those who serve as representatives of capital; whose 
objective is none other than to expand business opportunities for their 
national bourgeoisie.

The great announcement of the summit was the progress in the definitive signing 
of the Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and the European Union. For this 
purpose, the President of the European Commission was present at the meeting, 
together with a delegation of the organization. Although the agreement was 
announced as almost a fact, the truth is that the governments of France and 
Italy are opposed to the content of the agreement because they consider it a 
threat to their agricultural sector. On the other hand, the so-called 
progressive governments of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Chile, made up of 
political forces that in the past questioned the Free Trade Agreements by 
considering it to be the pinnacle of neoliberalism, did not issue a single 
comment against it.

In this way, the Summit of Presidents of Mercosur has contributed to remove the 
facades of the false antagonism between progressives and libertarians in the 
continent; demonstrating that both types of governments operate under the same 
basis: the interest of capital and, therefore, to the detriment of the 
interests and aspirations of the working class of the continent.

https://prensapcv.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/65th-summit-of-mercosur-presidents-the-false-dispute-between-progressives-and-neoliberals/


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