2023 South American summit

The 2023 South American summit was a summit organized and hosted by the government of Brazil "to deal with the importance of seeking collective solutions in the name of a common destiny and to reposition the region as an important actor on the global stage". The summit was held on May 30, 2023, in the city of Brasília.^[1][2][3][4]

Participant nations

2023 South American summit Cumbre Sudamericana de 2023
Host country	Brazil
Dates	May 30, 2023
Venues	Brasília, Federal District
Participants	Argentina  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Ecuador  Guyana  Paraguay  Peru  Uruguay  Suriname  Venezuela

Agenda priorities

Brazil has put four agenda priorities for the dialogue:^[1]

• Revitalize integration of South America
• Repositioning South America on the global stage
• Rethinking South America as a region of peace and cooperation
• Reactivate UNASUR

List of participants

With the exception of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, all the other South American heads of state attended the event.^[5] Peru was represented by the President of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otárola.^[6]

Host
	Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	President
Invitees
Guest		Represented by	Title
	Argentina	Alberto Fernández[1][2]	President
	Bolivia	Luis Arce[1][2]	President
	Chile	Gabriel Boric[1][2]	President
	Colombia	Gustavo Petro[1][2]	President
	Ecuador	Guillermo Lasso[1][2]	President
	Guyana	Irfaan Ali[1][2]	President
	Paraguay	Mario Abdo Benítez[1][2]	President
	Peru	Alberto Otárola[1][2]	Prime Minister
	Suriname	Chan Santokhi[1][2]	President
	Uruguay	Luis Lacalle Pou[1][2]	President
	Venezuela	Nicolás Maduro[1][2]	President

Participated leaders

• 
   Argentina
  Alberto Fernández, President
• 
   Bolivia
  Luis Arce, President
• 
   Brazil
  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President (Host)
• 
   Chile
  Gabriel Boric, President
• 
   Colombia
  Gustavo Petro, President
• 
   Ecuador
  Guillermo Lasso, President
• 
   Guyana
  Irfaan Ali, President
• 
   Paraguay
  Mario Abdo Benítez, President
• 
   Suriname
  Chan Santokhi, President
• 
   Uruguay
  Luis Lacalle Pou, President
• 
   Venezuela
  Nicolás Maduro, President

Outcomes

2023 South American summit

The Summit issued the Brasilia Consensus,^[7] in which it decided to promote cooperation in the areas of health, food security, disaster prevention and mitigation, infrastructure and logistics, energy, digital transformation, defence and security, combating transnational organized crime and cybersecurity.^[8][9]

See also

• 2023 Brazil–China summit
• 2024 G20 Brazil summit