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• Regional: South America  (4,899)

• Andean Community - Official site provides news and information. Includes documents, policies, legislation, trade statistics and business directory. [English, Spanish]
• Andean Community (CAN) - Subregional organization pursuing economic and social development through cooperation and integration. News releases, business and tourism resources, and discussion area. [English, Spanish]
• Wikipedia - South American Community of Nations - Brief encyclopedia entry provides the history of the South American trade bloc, a merger of Mercosur and the Andean Community (CAN) plus additional countries.

• BBC News - S America Creates Single Market - Presidents and officials of 12 South American countries are meeting in Peru to create an economic and political community representing 45% of the total American continent, 361 million people, a $973bn GDP and $181bn exports of goods and services. (December 8, 2004)
• Bloomberg.com - South American Plans for Single Trade Bloc Need Investment - Discusses the business issues and outlook for the proposed South American Union, merging the Mercosur trade bloc of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil with the Andean Community of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Chile, Suriname and Guyana will also be members. (December 8, 2004)
• The Economist - South American Community of Nations Looks at the EU - Report on the summit in Cuzco, Peru founding a Community of Nations that could become similar to the European Union, and comparing it to Mercosur, whose summit to be held later in the month. (December 4, 2004)

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