It also looks like a Mexican riposte to the Brazilian-inspired South American Union.

它看起来还像是墨西哥对巴西发起的南美联盟的巧妙应对。

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We have also joined our neighbours in setting up the Union of South American Nations (UNASUL), which aims to enhance regional integration and to ensure a stronger international presence for our block.

我们也联合了邻国建立了南美国家联盟(UNASUL)，此联盟的目标是促进地区融合以确保我们这个群体在国际上占有更重要的位置。

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This rhetoric abounded on May 23rd, when 12 leaders met in Brasilia and formally set up a Union of South American Nations.

就在5月23号南美12国领导人齐聚巴西利亚正式建立南美国家联盟时，这种外交辞令不绝于耳。

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In July of eighteen sixty-one, Union soldiers from the North and Confederate soldiers from the South fought the first major battle in the American Civil War.

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Ahead of the summit's first plenary session, ". President Obama met with heads of the 12-member Union of South American Nations,UNASUR.

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For its part, Brazil has promoted the South American Union (UNASUR), which aims to develop cross-border infrastructure and defence co-operation.

ECONOMIST: Yet another new regional club

It also means that it is hard to spot the difference between Mercosur and the South American Union, a broader but shallower group.

ECONOMIST: South American integration

UNASUR, the putative South American union, has done likewise.

ECONOMIST: Another diplomatic victory for President Fern��ndez