Brasília - The Foreign Ministers of the Rio Group met last Friday in Pilar, Argentina, to make preparations for a Rio Group summit scheduled for August 25 and 26 in Bariloche.

The members of the Rio Group are: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Urugua, Venezuela and Guyana. The group was formed in 1986 for consultation on, and coordination of, Latin American politics.

Translator: Allen Bennett