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The Andean Community of Nations (Spanish: Comunidad Andina de Naciones, CAN) is a trade bloc comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The trade bloc was called the Andean Pact until 1996 and came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969. Its headquarters are located in Lima, Peru. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Can. ... For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation). ... A trade bloc is a large free trade area or free trade area formed by one or more tax, tariff and trade agreements. ... A trade bloc is a large free trade area or free trade area formed by one or more tax, tariff and trade agreements. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation). ...

The Andean Community has 120 million inhabitants living in an area of 4,700,000 square kilometers, whose Gross Domestic Product amounted to US$745.3 billion in 2005, including Venezuela. This article is about GDP in the context of economics. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1 Membership
2 Relationship with other organizations
3 History
4 Organization
5 Secretaries-General
6 Free flow of people
- 6.1 Andean passport
7 See also
8 External links

Membership

The original Andean Pact was founded in 1969 by Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In 1973, the pact gained its sixth member, Venezuela. In 1976, however, its membership was again reduced to five when Chile withdrew. Venezuela announced its withdrawal in 2006, reducing the Andean Community to four member states.

Recently, with the new cooperation agreement with Mercosur, the Andean Community gained four new associate members: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. These four Mercosur members were granted associate membership by the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in an enlarged session with the Commission (of the Andean Community) on July 7, 2005. This moves reciprocates the actions of Mercosur which granted associate membership to all the Andean Community nations by virtue of the Economic Complementarity Agreements (Free Trade agreements) signed between the CAN and individual Mercosur members. ^[1] Motto (Spanish) (Portuguese) (GuaranÃ) Our North is the South â€¢ â€¢ Pro Tempore Secretariat Montevideo, Uruguay Largest city SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil Official languages 3 Portuguese Spanish GuaranÃ Membership 5 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - Carlos Ãlvarez Establishment - Declaration of Foz do IguaÃ§u 30 December 1985 - Treaty of AsunciÃ³n...

Current members:
- Bolivia (1969), in process of joining Mercosur
- Colombia (1969), in the framework of Unasur and associate member of Mercosur
- Ecuador (1969), in the framework of Unasur and associate member of Mercosur
- Peru (1969)
Associate members:
- Argentina (2005), in the framework of CSN
- Brazil (2005), in the framework of CSN
- Chile (full member 1969-1976, observer 1976-2006, associate member since 2006, stated that it has intentions of rejoining the CAN)^[2]
- Paraguay (2005), in the framework of CSN
- Uruguay (2005), in the framework of CSN
Observer countries:
- Mexico
- Panama
Former full members:
- Venezuela (1973-2006), joined Mercosur, president stated that it has intentions of rejoining the CAN

Image File history File links Flag_of_Bolivia. ... Motto (Spanish) (Portuguese) (GuaranÃ) Our North is the South â€¢ â€¢ Pro Tempore Secretariat Montevideo, Uruguay Largest city SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil Official languages 3 Portuguese Spanish GuaranÃ Membership 5 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - Carlos Ãlvarez Establishment - Declaration of Foz do IguaÃ§u 30 December 1985 - Treaty of AsunciÃ³n... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Pro Tempore Secretariat BrasÃlia Official languages 4 Spanish Portuguese English Dutch Member states 12 Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - President Rodrigo Borja - Tempore Secretary Jorge Taunay Filho Formation - Cuzco Declaration 8 December 2004 Area - Total 17,715,335 kmÂ² (1st2) sq... Motto (Spanish) (Portuguese) (GuaranÃ) Our North is the South â€¢ â€¢ Pro Tempore Secretariat Montevideo, Uruguay Largest city SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil Official languages 3 Portuguese Spanish GuaranÃ Membership 5 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - Carlos Ãlvarez Establishment - Declaration of Foz do IguaÃ§u 30 December 1985 - Treaty of AsunciÃ³n... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Motto (Spanish) (Portuguese) (GuaranÃ) Our North is the South â€¢ â€¢ Pro Tempore Secretariat Montevideo, Uruguay Largest city SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil Official languages 3 Portuguese Spanish GuaranÃ Membership 5 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - Carlos Ãlvarez Establishment - Declaration of Foz do IguaÃ§u 30 December 1985 - Treaty of AsunciÃ³n... Image File history File links Flag_of_Peru. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... The South American Community of Nations (CSN) (Spanish: , Portuguese: , Dutch: ) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizationsâ€”Mercosur and the Andean Communityâ€”eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products by 2014 and sensitive products by 2019. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... The South American Community of Nations (CSN) (Spanish: , Portuguese: , Dutch: ) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizationsâ€”Mercosur and the Andean Communityâ€”eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products by 2014 and sensitive products by 2019. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Paraguay. ... The South American Community of Nations (CSN) (Spanish: , Portuguese: , Dutch: ) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizationsâ€”Mercosur and the Andean Communityâ€”eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products by 2014 and sensitive products by 2019. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... The South American Community of Nations (CSN) (Spanish: , Portuguese: , Dutch: ) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizationsâ€”Mercosur and the Andean Communityâ€”eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products by 2014 and sensitive products by 2019. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Panama. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Motto (Spanish) (Portuguese) (GuaranÃ) Our North is the South â€¢ â€¢ Pro Tempore Secretariat Montevideo, Uruguay Largest city SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil Official languages 3 Portuguese Spanish GuaranÃ Membership 5 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - Carlos Ãlvarez Establishment - Declaration of Foz do IguaÃ§u 30 December 1985 - Treaty of AsunciÃ³n...

Relationship with other organizations

The Andean Community and Mercosur comprise the two main trading blocs of South America. In 1999, these organizations began negotiating a merger with a view to creating a South American Free Trade Area (SAFTA). On December 8, 2004 it signed a cooperation agreement with Mercosur and they published a joint letter of intention for future negotiations towards integrating all of South America in the context of the Union of South American Nations, patterned after the European Union. Motto (Spanish) (Portuguese) (GuaranÃ) Our North is the South â€¢ â€¢ Pro Tempore Secretariat Montevideo, Uruguay Largest city SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil Official languages 3 Portuguese Spanish GuaranÃ Membership 5 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - Carlos Ãlvarez Establishment - Declaration of Foz do IguaÃ§u 30 December 1985 - Treaty of AsunciÃ³n... This article is about the year. ... The South American Community of Nations (Spanish: Comunidad Sudamericana de Naciones (CSN), Portuguese: Comunidade Sul-Americana de NaÃ§Ãµes (CSN)) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizationsâ€”Mercosur and the Andean Communityâ€”eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products by 2014 and... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pro Tempore Secretariat BrasÃlia Official languages 4 Spanish Portuguese English Dutch Member states 12 Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Leaders - President Rodrigo Borja - Tempore Secretary Jorge Taunay Filho Formation - Cuzco Declaration 8 December 2004 Area - Total 17,715,335 kmÂ² (1st2) sq...

During 2005, Venezuela decided to join Mercosur. Venezuela's official position first appeared to be that, by joining Mercosur, further steps could be taken towards integrating both trade blocs. CAN Secretary General Allan Wagner stated that the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Alí Rodríguez had declared that Venezuela did not intend to leave the CAN, and its simultaneous membership to both blocs marked the beginning of their integration. [3] Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Colombian President Alvaro Uribe delivering a speech at the opening of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Andean Presidential Council, June 27, 2003 The Andean Community of Nations (in Spanish: Comunidad Andina de Naciones, abbreviated CAN) is a trade bloc that comprises the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru... AlÃ RodrÃguez (in the center) with the presidents of Venezuela Hugo Chavez (left) and Peru Alejandro Toledo (right) AlÃ Mohammad RodrÃguez Araque (born in Lara State,1937) is a Muslim Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and diplomat. ...

However some analysts interpreted that Venezuela might eventually leave the CAN in the process. [4] This prediction seems to have been finally verified in April 2006, with Venezuelan President Chávez's announcement of his country's withdrawal from the Andean Community after stating that, as Colombia and Peru have signed free trade agreements (FTAs) with the United States, the Community is "dead". [5] Officials in Colombia and Peru have expressed their disagreement with this view, as did representatives from Venezuela's industrial sector (Conindustria). [6] Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Despite this announcement, Venezuela has yet to formally complete all the necessary withdrawal procedures. According to Venezuela's Commerce Minister María Cristina Iglesias, the entire process will take up to five years. Until then, Venezuela and its partners remain bound by the effects of the community's preexisting commercial agreements. [7]

During a recent visit to Colombia, President Hugo Chavez said that he has agreed to rejoin the Andean Community of Nations after the presidents of Ecuador and Bolivia asked him to do so. Recently, relations between Mercosur and Venezuela have weakened since Mercosur does not agree with some of his proposals. [8]

History

The groundwork for the Community was established in 1969 in the Cartagena Agreement.
In 1973 Venezuela joins Andean Pact.
In 1976, Augusto Pinochet withdrew Chile from the Andean Community claiming economic incompatibilities.
In 1979, the treaty creating the Court of Justice was signed and the Andean Parliament created and the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers were created.
In 1983, the treaty creating the Court of Justice entered into effect.
In 1991, the presidents approved the open skies policy and agree to intensify integration.
In 1992, Peru temporarily suspended its obligations under the Liberalization Program.
In 1993, the Free Trade Zone entered into full operation for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
In 1994, the Common External Tariff was approved.

In 1996, the Cartagena Agreement Commission approved the regulatory context for the establishment, operation, and exploitation of the Simón Bolívar Satellite System.
In 1997, an agreement was reached for Peru's gradual incorporation into the Andean Free Trade Zone.
In 1998, the Framework Agreement for the creation of a Free Trade Area between the Andean Community and the Mercosur was signed in Buenos Aires.
In 2000, a meeting of the South American Presidents, at which the Andean Community Heads of State and Mercosur decide to launch negotiations for establishing a free trade area between the two blocs as rapidly as possible and by January 2002 at the latest.
In August 2003, the Andean Community and Mercosur Foreign Ministers, during a meeting in Montevideo at which the CAN delivered a working proposal containing guidelines for the negotiation, reaffirmed their governments' political determination to move ahead with the negotiation of a free trade agreement between the two blocs.
In April 2006 President Hugo Chávez announced that Venezuela would withdraw from the Andean Community, claiming the FTA agreements signed by Colombia and Peru with the USA caused irreparable damage to the community.

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Organization

Andean Presidential Council
Andean Foreign Relations Ministers Council
Commission
Headquarters (Lima, Peru)
Andean Justice Tribunal
Andean Congress (Bogotá, Colombia)
Latin American Reserve Fund
Simón Bolívar Andean University

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Secretaries-General

Sebastián Alegrett (Venezuela) 1997–2002
Guillermo Fernández de Soto (Colombia) 2002–2004
Edward Allan Wagner Tizón (Peru) 2004–2006
Alfredo Fuentes Hernández (Colombia), interim 2006–2007
Freddy Ehlers Zurita (Ecuador), 2007–present

Allan Wagner TizÃ³n (b. ... Alfredo Fuentes HernÃ¡ndez is a Colombian diplomat, lawyer and economist. ...

Free flow of people

From January 1, 2005, the citizens of the member countries can enter the other Andean Community member states without the requirement of visa. The passengers should present the authorities their national ID cards. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Visitors to Venezuela will have to present their passports; they will then receive the Andean Migration Card (Tarjeta Andina de Migración), in which the time of temporary residence in the country is stated.

Andean passport

Main article: Andean passport

The Andean passport was created in June 2001 pursuant to Decisión 504. This stipulates the issuing of a passport based on a standard model which contains harmonised features of nomenclature and security. The passport is effective in Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela; Bolivia and Colombia will start issuing Andean passports in early 2006. The Andean passport was created in June 2001 pursuant to DecisiÃ³n 504. ... The Andean passport was created in June 2001 pursuant to DecisiÃ³n 504. ... For Microsoft Corporationâ€™s â€œuniversal loginâ€ service, formerly known as Microsoft Passport Network, see Windows Live ID. For other types of travel document, see Travel document. ...

External links

Andean Community official webpage
BBC - S America Creates Single Market
News of CAN
Andean Community and Mercosur
Andean Community membership
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs An Independent Source of Latin American News and Opinion

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Andean Community of Nations

Members
Bolivia · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

Associate members
Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Paraguay · Uruguay · Venezuela

Observers
Mexico · Panama

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