2023 South American summit explained

2023 South American summit
Other Titles:	Cumbre Sudamericana de 2023
Venues:	Brasília, Federal District
Dates:	May 30, 2023
Participants:

The 2023 South American summit was a summit organized and hosted by the government of Brazil "to deal with the importance of seeking collective solutions in the name of a common destiny and to reposition the region as an important actor on the global stage". The summit was held on May 30, 2023, in the city of Brasília.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Agenda priorities

Brazil has put four agenda priorities for the dialogue:^[1]

• Revitalize integration of South America
• Repositioning South America on the global stage
• Rethinking South America as a region of peace and cooperation
• Reactivate UNASUR

List of participants

With the exception of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, all the other South American heads of state attended the event.^[5] Peru was represented by the President of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otárola.^[6]

Host
	Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	President
Invitees
Guest	Represented by	Title
	Argentina	Alberto Fernández	President
	Bolivia	Luis Arce	President
	Chile	Gabriel Boric	President
	Colombia	Gustavo Petro	President
	Ecuador	Guillermo Lasso	President
	Guyana	Irfaan Ali	President
	Paraguay	Mario Abdo Benítez	President
	Peru	Alberto Otárola	Prime Minister
	Suriname	Chan Santokhi	President
	Uruguay	Luis Lacalle Pou	President
	Venezuela	Nicolás Maduro	President

Outcomes

The Summit issued the Brasilia Consensus,^[7] in which it decided to promote cooperation in the areas of health, food security, disaster prevention and mitigation, infrastructure and logistics, energy, digital transformation, defence and security, combating transnational organized crime and cybersecurity.^{[8] [9]}

See also

• 2023 Brazil–China summit
• 2024 G20 Brazil summit

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lula convida líderes sul-americanos para 'retiro' em Brasília; presença de Maduro põe em xeque participação. Lula invites South American leaders to 'retreat' in Brasilia; Maduro's presence calls into question participation. 27 April 2023. O Globo. pt.
2. Web site: Jantar com Fernández: Lula cogita pacote de socorro à Argentina. Dinner with Fernández: Lula considers rescue package for Argentina. 1 May 2023. TV Record. pt.
3. Web site: Lula convida líderes sul-americanos para ‘retiro’ em Brasília. Lula invites South American leaders to 'retreat' in Brasilia. 28 April 2023. Revista OESTE. pt.
4. Web site: Lula pretende organizar cúpula com presidentes da América do Sul ainda no 1º semestre. Lula plans to organize a summit with South American presidents in the first half of the year. 27 April 2023. CNN Brazil. pt.
5. Web site: Martins . Américo . Cúpula de líderes da América do Sul será primeiro teste real da política externa . CNN Brasil . 2023-05-29 . pt . 2024-05-11.
6. Web site: Quartucci . Soledad . Brasilia Consensus-South American Leaders Bet on Regional Integration . Latina Republic . 2023-05-31 . 2024-05-11.
7. Web site: Bridi . Carla . Jeantet . Diane . Brazilian president's support of Venezuela's leader mars unity at South America summit . AP News . 2023-05-31 . 2024-05-11.
8. Web site: South American presidents sign Brasília Consensus . Agência Brasil . 2023-05-31 . 2024-05-11.
9. Web site: South American Presidents sign Brasilia Consensus . MercoPress . 2023-05-31 . 2024-05-11.