linkS. American leaders eye EU-style pact
CUZCO, Peru (Reuters) -- South American presidents met in Peru Wednesday to sign a regional integration pact they said would go beyond rhetoric and usher in European-style unity.
"Sooner rather than later we will have a single currency, a single passport," Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo told the start of the summit in the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco <snip>
The bloc will have a combined gross domestic product of over $800 billion, exports of $188 billion, and big gas, oil and mineral wealth.