Also known as Unasur, the member states are: members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
I found this little bit of information, well, not shocking by any means, but quite telling:
I know he hates us, but, we are an "empire"? I think he is projecting how he sees himself (as the rightful leader of an empire) onto our nation and disgruntled because we have it "better".Prior to the Brasilia summit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described the "empire" of the United States as Unasur's "number one enemy".