the former Argentine president underlined that the new regional group must avoid contradicting with the already existent Andean Pact or the Mercosur. Kirchner travelled to Guayaquil, Ecuador ...

The Andean Pact, also known as the Cartagena Agreement, was signed in 1969 by Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Chile left in 1976, under dictator Augusto Pinochet.