Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America

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| leader_title1 = President pro tempore

| leader_name1 = Santiago Peña

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| established_event1 = Santiago Declaration

| established_date1 = 22 March 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/2019/03/22/south-american-leaders-launch-prosur-bloc-to-replace-unasur.html|title=South American leaders launch new bloc to replace Unasur|author=Patricia Luna|website= The Star|date=2019-03-22|access-date=2019-03-23}}

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The Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (Spanish: Foro para el Progreso e Integración de América del Sur, PROSUR; Portuguese: Fórum para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento da América do Sul, PROSUL, Dutch: Forum voor de Vooruitgang en Integratie van Zuid-Amerika, FVIZA) is an initiative by Sebastián Piñera and Iván Duque, for the creation of an integration body to replace the Union of South American Nations.

In the words of the Colombian president, who made the announcement on 14 January 2019, PROSUR would be "a South American coordination mechanism for public policies, in defense of democracy, the independence of powers, the market economy, the social agenda, with sustainability and with due application".{{Cite news |last=República |first=Presidencia de la |title=Texto de la declaración del Presidente Duque sobre Prosur en entrevista con 'Oye Cali' |language=es-CO |url=https://id.presidencia.gov.co:443/Paginas/prensa/2019/190114-Texto-de-la-declaracion-del-Presidente-Duque-sobre-Prosur-en-entrevista-con-Oye-Cali.aspx |access-date=2021-02-10}} On 18 February 2019, the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, said "this new forum will be open to all South American countries that meet two requirements: full validity of the rule of law and full respect for freedoms and human rights".{{cite news |title=South American presidents announce creation of new regional bloc |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-summit/south-american-presidents-announce-creation-of-new-regional-bloc-idUSKCN1R32BJ |access-date=29 March 2019 |work=Reuters |date=22 March 2019 |language=en}}

It has been characterised as a right-wing response to the left-wing UNASUR.{{cite news |title=Why Prosur is not the way to unite South America |url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/03/23/why-prosur-is-not-the-way-to-unite-south-america |access-date=29 March 2019 |newspaper=The Economist |date=21 March 2019}}{{cite news |title=Bolsonaro says Brazil owes world nothing on environment |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bolsonaro-says-brazil-owes-world-nothing-on-environment-119032400048_1.html |access-date=29 March 2019 |work=Business Standard|agency=Agence France-Presse |date=24 March 2019}}

On April 3, 2022, the new president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, announced that the country was suspending its participation in the alliance.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-04 |title=Boric suspende participación de Chile en foro Prosur |url=https://www.dw.com/es/boric-suspende-participaci%C3%B3n-de-chile-en-foro-prosur/a-61348627 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=DW |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-03 |title=Gobierno de Chile envió nota formal para suspender su participación en Prosur |trans-title=Government of Chile sent formal notice to suspend its participation in Prosur |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/gobierno-chile-suspeder-participacion-prosur_20220403/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810212931/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M0qnY_j44GYJ:https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/gobierno-chile-suspeder-participacion-prosur_20220403/pacion-prosur_20220403/&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=se&client=firefox-b-d |archive-date=2022-08-10 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=CNN Chile |language=es}} Suriname joined the alliance in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://gov-sr.translate.goog/suriname-officieel-lid-prosur%EF%BF%BC/?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Suriname officieel lid PROSUR|publisher=Government of Suriname}}

Summits

The first PROSUR Summit, called the "Meeting of Presidents of South America", took place on 22 March 2019 in Santiago, Chile. Eight South American countries taking part (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru) signed the Declaration of Santiago for the renewal and strengthening of South America, which begins the process of creating of PROSUR. The representatives of Bolivia, Suriname and Uruguay abstained from signing the declaration.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2019/03/22/lideres-sul-americanos-assinam-documento-para-criacao-do-prosul.ghtml|title=Líderes sul-americanos assinam documento para criação do Prosul|website= G1|date=2019-03-22|access-date=2019-03-23|language= pt}} Representatives from Venezuela were not invited to the summit in Santiago.{{cite news|date=23 March 2019|title=South America leaders form Prosur to replace defunct Unasur bloc|language=en|work=DW News|url=https://www.dw.com/en/south-america-leaders-form-prosur-to-replace-defunct-unasur-bloc/a-48034988|access-date=24 September 2021}}

The second PROSUR Summit took place on 12 December 2020; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was held virtually. The heads of state of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru participated in the summit, with Prime Minister Mark Phillips of Guyana and President Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay invited as special guests. During the summit, the presidency pro tempore was transferred from its inaugural holder, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera to Colombian President Iván Duque. A presidential declaration was adopted to formalize the transfer and promote regional cooperation between its members in matters related to the pandemic.{{cite news|date=12 December 2020|title=Cumbre Presidencial PROSUR|language=es|work=foroprosur.org|url=https://foroprosur.org/cumbre-presidencial-prosur/|access-date=24 September 2021}}{{cite news|date=25 February 2021|title=Prosur backs Chile's initiative to promote a global treaty on pandemics|language=en|work=gob.cl|url=https://www.gob.cl/en/news/prosur-backs-chiles-initiative-to-promote-a-global-treaty-on-pandemics/|access-date=24 September 2021}}

The third PROSUR summit was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on 26–27 January 2022; the 2022 summit of the Pacific Alliance was also held at the same date and venue. It was attended by five heads of state; its host President Iván Duque of Colombia, President Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay, President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador, Prime Minister Mark Phillips of Guyana and President Sebastián Piñera of Chile. In representation of their respective countries were Vice-president Hamilton Mourão of Brazil and Foreign Minister of Peru Óscar Maúrtua.{{cite news|date=25 January 2022|title=VP Mourão to represent Brazil in Prosur meeting, in Colombia|language=en|work=The Brazilian Report|url=https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2022/01/25/vp-mourao-prosur-meeting/|access-date=27 January 2022}}{{cite news|date=27 January 2022|title= Peru's FA Min participates in Prosur Presidential Summit|language=en|work=andina.pe|url= https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-perus-fa-min-participates-in-prosur-presidential-summit-878709.aspx|access-date=27 January 2022}} Argentina sent no delegation, while the President-elect of Chile, Gabriel Boric, declined an invitation by President Sebastián Piñera to attend the two summits in Colombia.{{cite news|date=28 December 2021|title=Boric will not travel to Colombia with Piñera: priority is "organizing my administration's team"|language=en|work=en.mercopress.com|url= https://en.mercopress.com/2021/12/28/boric-will-not-travel-to-colombia-with-pinera-priority-is-organizing-my-administration-s-team|access-date=2 January 2022}} During the summit, Mario Abdo Benítez succeeded Iván Duque as president pro tempore but attended the summit virtually due to having tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite news|date=24 December 2021|title=Además de Mercosur, desde el 27 de enero Paraguay también presidirá Prosur|language=es|work=ultimahora.com |url=https://www.ultimahora.com/ademas-mercosur-el-27-enero-paraguay-tambien-presidira-prosur-n2978279.html|access-date=2 January 2022}}{{cite news|date=26 January 2022|title=El presidente de Paraguay no acudirá a la cumbre del Prosur por covid-19|language=es|work=efe.com |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/america/politica/el-presidente-de-paraguay-no-acudira-a-la-cumbre-del-prosur-por-covid-19/20000035-4726265 |access-date=27 January 2022}}

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2019

|1st

|22 March

|Santiago, Chile

|Sebastian Piñera

2020

|2nd{{cite web|date=12 December 2020|title=Prosur agrees to joint efforts on the environment and vaccines against covid|url=https://www.explica.co/prosur-agrees-to-joint-efforts-on-the-environment-and-vaccines-against-covid/|url-status=|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Explica.co|publisher=Explica}}{{dead link|date=September 2023}}

|12 December

|Videoconference

|Sebastian Piñera

2022

|3rd

|27 January

|Cartagena, Colombia

|Iván Duque Márquez

There have also been numerous extraordinary meetings;

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!Date

!Place

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2020

|1st{{cite news|date=11 December 2020|title=Informe de Gestión PROSUR|language=es|work=foroprosur.org|url=https://foroprosur.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/PROSUR_Informe_de_Gestion_2020.pdf|access-date=2 January 2022}}

|16 March

|Videoconference

|Sebastian Piñera

2020

|2nd

|6 April

|Videoconference

|Sebastian Piñera

2020

|3rd

|19 May

|Videoconference

|Sebastian Piñera

2020

|4th

|27 August

|Videoconference

|Sebastian Piñera

2021

|5th

|25 February

|Videoconference

|Iván Duque Márquez

2021

|6th

|16 March

|Videoconference

|Iván Duque Márquez

President pro tempore

The presidency is exercised for a period of one year and will be rotated among the member countries between each PROSUR meeting. Since January 2022, the current president pro tempore of PROSUR is Paraguayan President Santiago Peña.

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! President pro tempore

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|Sebastián Piñera

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|22 March 2019