Mercosur will be energy and farming superpower upon Venezuela's entry
Venezuela's inclusion agreement was signed on July 4, 2006
The Mercosur Summit of Heads of State and Government slated for Friday in Brasilia consolidates the debut of Venezuela as Mercosur full member and turns the regional trade bloc into a territory of 12.7 million square kilometers pooling 70% of the population in South America and 83% of the GDP region, according to official data of the bloc, AFP quoted.
Mercosur encompasses very unequal economies; the largest one is Brazil, with a GDP of USD 2.4 trillion, followed by Argentina, USD 447.6 billion, and Venezuela, USD 315.8 billion.
Following Venezuela's admittance, Mercosur will have the largest oil reserves in the world, 20% out of total global reserves, or more than 310 billion barrels certified by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
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Chapo's drug traffic network
Luis Jiménez Alfaro seems to have hidden under the rocks. The last time he was seen was on April 2006 walking calmly around Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetía, located nearby Caracas. At that time, more than five tons of cocaine arrived in Mexico in an airplane which took off from Venezuela, and his name featured as a missing piece of the puzzle of one of the most massive drug shipments that has been witnessed in the Western Hemisphere.
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