The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)announced that four Latin American countries are interested in discussing a plan anti-inflationary for the region.

This is confirmed by the fragments of his conversations with various Latin American leaders, which were presented on March 2.

According to content shared on his social media, López Obrador held morning, noon, and afternoon calls on March 1 with four heads of state: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), Miguel Diaz Canel (Cuba) and Alberto Fernandez (Argentina).

“I spoke with our friends, the presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and Argentina. We agreed to meet by videoconference to deal with inflation and help each other,” the president explained.

Thus, the Mexican Chief Executive has scheduled April 5 as the day when the plan to face the shortage together will be discussed, through a virtual meeting.

“There are many opportunities for economic and commercial exchanges. We can trade by removing tariffs, we complement each other, Brazil has poultry, Argentina has meat, Colombia has cement, Cuba has cement,” the Tabasco native said on the call. .

Mexico will promote a trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Honduras for the exchange of foodstuffs without customs duties that will fight inflation, announced President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Mexico will promote a trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Honduras for the exchange of foodstuffs without customs duties that will fight inflation, announced President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Although the project mainly envisages the participation of four countries in addition to Mexico, the possibility of their joining is not excluded. Honduras, Chile there Bolivia.

“I wouldn’t want to stop inviting the president of Chile (Gabril Boric) and the president of Bolivia (Luis Arce) and I would also like to introduce to you the President of Honduraswe hear the Federal President of Mexico say.

In this sense, Alberto Fernández, president of Argentinapromised to convey López Obrador’s interest to his counterparts, Gabriel Bori and Luis Arce.

For now, both chancellors as secretaries of Hacienda, Economy there Trade of each country will remain in contact to establish an economic and commercial exchange plan.

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