South American nations launch new policy group/Nace Unión Sudamericana de Naciones pese a roces entre vecinos

Leaders of 12 South American nations on Friday signed a treaty to launch a Union of South American Nations, seeking foreign policy alignment and better relations among neighbors.
With oil prices soaring, countries were discussing how to boost energy policy coordination as well as cooperation on social and educational policies through the group, which was to have a parliament in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba ( full information)/Sudamérica inauguró el viernes un ambicioso organismo para impulsar su unión política y económica, en medio de fuertes conflictos diplomáticos entre países vecinos que ponen en duda el intento de integración ( información completa)