Guatemala shifts its attention to the South

Altagracia, Nueva Esparta, Jul 4 ABN.- The communications secretary of the presidency of the Republic of Guatemala, Ronaldo Robles, emphasized that the government led by the head of state of this Central American nation, Alvaro Colom, will orient its policy to find an integration with the southern countries of the American continent. At an interview offered in the framework of the VII Conference of Ministers of Information of the Non-Aligned Countries Movement (COMINAC), which takes place at the Margarita Island, Venezuela's east region, Robles expressed that his nation has informed to the nations members of the Central America Common Market about their will to make formal request to join to the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR), on October. 'Guatemala leads the process of integration of the Central American countries in... [read full story]