Jagdeo takes over helm of UNASUR

Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo has assumed the Chairmanship of the South America integration group UNASUR with a list of what he thinks should come next for the grouping with closer political integration a priority.

Jagdeo has succeeded Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa as Pro Tempore President of UNASUR. At the opening of its Fourth Regular Summit yesterday he told the assembled presidents, foreign ministers and their delegations that they needed to abandon