There are four active member states of the Union of South American Nations after six member states suspended their participation in the organization in April 2018, while Ecuador and Uruguay announced their withdrawals in March 2019 and March 2020 respectively.
Member States
Flag Country Capital Area(km2) Population Density(/km2) Currency GDPper cap.(PPP)at purchasing power parity, per capita, in international dollars (rounded) Gini HDI Official, National, & Recognized languagesArgentinaRepública ArgentinaBuenos Aires/km2Argentine pesoSpanish (de facto) BoliviaEstado Plurinacional de BoliviaBulivya MamallaqtaWuliwya Suyu SucreLa Paz /km2 Bolivian boliviano Report for Selected Countries and Subjects IMF Human Development Report 2010, United Nations Development Programme. Table 3 has the Gini coefficients by country. The year is not given for the Gini coefficient. SpanishQuechuaAymara BrazilRepública Federativa do Brasil Brasília /km2 Brazilian real PortugueseColombiaRepública de ColombiaBogotá/km2Colombian pesoSpanish GuyanaCo-operative Republic of Guyana Georgetown /km2 Guyanese dollar EnglishGuyanese Creole SurinameRepubliek Suriname Paramaribo /km2 Surinamese dollar Dutch VenezuelaRepública Bolivariana de Venezuela Caracas /km2 Venezuelan bolívar Spanish
Suspended states The following member states suspended their participation in the organization in April 2018.
Flag Country Capital Area(km2) Population Density(/km2) Currency GDPper cap.(PPP) Gini HDI Official, National, & Recognized languages ChileRepública de Chile Santiago /km2 Chilean peso Spanish (de facto) EcuadorRepública del Ecuador Quito /km2 Ecuadorian centavoUnited States dollar Spanish ParaguayRepública del ParaguayTetã Paraguái Asunción /km2 Paraguayan guaraní SpanishGuaraní PeruRepública del PerúPiruw RipuwlikaPiruw Suyu Lima /km2 Peruvian sol SpanishQuechuanAymara UruguayRepública Oriental del Uruguay Montevideo /km2 Uruguayan peso Spanish
On 28 August 2018, Colombian president Iván Duque announced that foreign minister Carlos Holmes had officially notified Unasur of their intention to leave the bloc, effective in 6 months, denouncing it as an institution created by Hugo Chávez to sideline existing international treaties and referring to it as an accomplice to what they referred to as the dictatorship in Venezuela. Ecuador announced its withdrawal on 13 March 2019. Uruguay followed suit in March 2020. Following the 2022 Brazilian general election, newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signalled his intention to rejoin UNASUR. Argentina rejoined on 6 April 2023. Brazil rejoined on 5 May 2023. Colombia rejoined on 5 December 2023.
Non-member States
Observer States Flag Country Capital Area(km2) Population Density(/km2) Currency GDP per cap.(PPP) Gini HDI Official, National, & Recognized languages MexicoEstados Unidos Mexicanos Mexico City Mexican peso Spanish (de facto) PanamaRepública de Panamá Panama City Panamanian balboaUnited States dollar Spanish
Proposed Member States Flag Country Capital Area(km2) Population Density(/km2) Currency GDP per cap.(PPP) Gini HDI Official, National, & Recognized languages Trinidad and TobagoRepublic of Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago dollar English
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