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Weekly Report - 14 December 2004
ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Chile is Andean again - as an observ
Is Chile about to return to the Andean fold? It has taken a first, tentative step, by applying for observer status: the application was approved last week by the presidents of the Andean Community (CAN) when they met in Quito just before the South American summit. President Ricardo Lagos, however, has been at pains to dampen any hopes of early accession.
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