Mercosur or Mercosul (Spanish: Mercado Común del Sur, Portuguese: Mercado Comum do Sul, Guarani: Ñemby Ñemuha, English: Common Southern Market) is an economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Founded in 1991 by the Treaty of Asunción, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people, and currency. The official languages are Portuguese, Guaraní, and Spanish. It has been updated, amended, and changed many times since. It is now a full customs union. Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations are customs unions that are components of a continuing process of South American integration connected to the Union of South American Nations.

Mercosur origins trace back to 1985 when Presidents Raúl Alfonsín of Argentina and José Sarney of Brazil signed the Argentina-Brazil Integration and Economics Cooperation Program or PICE (Portuguese: Programa de Integração e Cooperação Econômica Argentina-Brasil, Spanish: Programa de Integración y Cooperación Económica Argentina-Brasil). The program also proposed the Gaucho as a currency for regional trade.

Fander Falconí Benitez (* born 1962) is an Ecuadorian economist and politician. He served as Foreign Minister (canciller) in the government of President Rafael Correa from December 2008 until handing in his resignation on 13 January 2010.

He studied Economics in Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

Ezequiel Dero (born July 10, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), also known as DJ Dero, is a DJ, producer and remixer of House, Electro House, Techno and Eurodance styles. He was a pioneer in his country and is recognized worldwide due to the production of hits, which were published in over 25 countries, as "Batucada", "Dero's Illusion," "Revolution" or "Maríacaipirinha" and also by participating in major festivals in the genre as the legendary Love Parade in Germany five times among other distinguished events.

In March 2008, was presented with prestigious artists such as Robbie Rivera, Marco V, John Aquaviva, Seb Fontaine, Antoine Clamaran, Laidback Luke, Kurd Maverick and others as part of the festivities Juicy Amnesia Ibiza at renowned club Nocturnal on Miami. In April, his single "I Retro" is positioned in the place of the Buzz Chart number 15 from France and remix the theme of "Reverb" belonging to The Rivera Project being released by the label Juicy Music as a single and included in the album "Juicy Music Essentials Volume 4 " on the same label. In May, Paul Van Dyk includes the track "I Retro" in his compilation mixed by himself, named Cream Ibiza containing all the hits of the season on the island. In June 2008, he is presented alongside electro pop group Miranda! in former Obras Sanitarias Stadium in Buenos Aires in an impressive show with their Mirandamix.