The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro , is the most touted absence of 49th Summit of Heads and Heads of State of Mercosur .
the presence of Maduro was confirmed for several days, but on the themes of "own agenda", finally gave up.
The Summit is done in Convention Center Conmebol where since Thursday techniques and bilateral meetings are conducted in search focused on opening up trade agreements with other regions of the world, especially the European Union and the Pacific Alliance.
Participants her host, Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, Argentina's Macri; and Evo Morales (Bolivia), Michele Bachelet (Chile), Tabare Vazquez (Uruguay), Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) and Moses Nagamootoo (Guyana).
Nor does the summit Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia), Ollanta Humala (Peru) and Desiré Delano (Surinam), who announced several days ago his absence participate.