# Mercosur and South American Integration: Joint Solutions for the Region

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117222898079256984
- Source account: [@CostaJr2023](https://x.com/CostaJr2023)
- Source language: Portuguese
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:44
- Published: 2026-11-02
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region) So we have a task to do, and I think we're doing it.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region?t=5) I want to tell the presidents that I'm very proud to have lived through this moment in Latin America and South America, when we went from a failed Merc— from a failed Mercosur in 2002, to building not only a stronger Mercosur, but also the creation of the South American Community of Nations.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region?t=30) For centuries, Brazil turned its back on South America, looking toward the United States and the European Union, thinking that whatever was good for the United States was good for Brazil, or whatever was good for Europe was good for Brazil.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region?t=45) For a long time, Bolivia has been here, the Bolivia thought Bra— thought Brazil was the imperialist country on the continent and that, therefore, Bolivian businesspeople were afraid of the Brazilian businesspeople, and they weren't afraid of businesspeople from other countries.

[1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region?t=61) For a long time, Argentina and Brazil distrusted each other, and so on.

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region?t=67) We're achieving something unusual. Despite our differences, despite our differences, today we are convinced that there is no individual way out for any country.

[1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CHz2MymQRmWc/en/mercosur-and-south-american-integration-joint-solutions-for-the-region?t=87) There is no individual way out. Either we find joint solutions to finance our infrastructure, or we find joint solutions to facilitate our trade, or we will not have a way out.