Editing Andean Community (section)

== Chronology ==
[[IMAGE:HQ_of_Comunidad_Andina,_Lima.jpg|thumb|[[Secretary-General of the Andean Community|Secretariat]] of the Andean Community in [[Lima]]]]
*The groundwork for the Community was established in 1969 in the Cartagena Agreement, signed May 26th.<ref name="sy">{{Citation |last=Turner |first=Barry |title=Andean Community |date=2009 |work=The Statesman’s Yearbook 2010: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |pages=61–61 |editor-last=Turner |editor-first=Barry |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-58632-5_76 |access-date=2025-04-30 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-58632-5_76 |isbn=978-1-349-58632-5 |quote=On 26 May 1969 an agreement was signed by Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru establishing the Cartagena Agreement (also referred to as the Andean Pact or the Andean Group). Chile withdrew from the Group in 1976. Venezuela, which was actively involved, did not sign the agreement until 1973. In 1997 Peru announced its withdrawal for five years. In 2006 Venezuela left as a result of Colombia and Peru signing bilateral trade agreements with the USA.}}</ref>
*In 1973, Venezuela joins the Andean Pact.<ref name="sy"/>
*In 1976, [[Augusto Pinochet]] withdrew [[Chile]] from the Andean Pact claiming economic incompatibilities.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Juan |last=de Onis |date=1976-10-07 |title=Chile Is Pulling Out of Andean Pact |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/07/archives/chile-is-pulling-out-of-andean-pact.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*In 1979, the treaty creating the Court of Justice was signed, and the [[Andean Parliament]] which in  principle was located in [[Lima]], increated and the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers were created.
*In 1981 the [[Andean Parliament]] moves to [[Bogotá]].
*In 1983, the treaty creating the Court of Justice entered into effect
*In 1991, the presidents approved the [[open skies]] policy and agree to intensify integration
*In 1992, Peru temporarily suspended its obligations under the Liberalization Program
*In 1993, the Free Trade Zone entered into full operation for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela
*In 1994, the Common External Tariff was approved
*In 1996, the Cartagena Agreement Commission approved the regulatory context for the establishment, operation, and exploitation of the Simón Bolívar Satellite System
*In March 1996, through the [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]] Protocol, institutional reforms were introduced: The Andean Community was created and the Andean Integration System was established.
*In 1997, an agreement was reached for Peru's gradual incorporation into the Andean Free Trade Zone
*In 1998, the Framework Agreement for the creation of a Free Trade Area between the Andean Community and the [[Mercosur]] was signed in [[Buenos Aires]]
*In 2000, a meeting of the South American Presidents, at which the Andean Community Heads of State and Mercosur decide to launch negotiations for establishing a free trade area between the two blocs as rapidly as possible and by January 2002 at the latest
*In August 2003, the Andean Community and Mercosur Foreign Ministers, during a meeting in [[Montevideo]] at which the CAN delivered a working proposal containing guidelines for the negotiation, reaffirmed their governments' political determination to move ahead with the negotiation of a free trade agreement between the two blocs
*In April 2006 President [[Hugo Chávez]] announced that [[Venezuela]] would withdraw from the Andean Community, claiming the FTA agreements signed by [[Colombia]] and [[Peru]] with the United States caused irreparable damage to the community
*On 23 March 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Andean Community and the [[Eurasian Economic Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/30-03-2017-4.aspx|title=The EEC and the Andean Community General Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding|website=eurasiancommission.org}}</ref>
*On 21 February 2020, disputed interim president of Venezuela [[Juan Guaidó]] announced [[Venezuela]]'s reentry into CAN<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/2020/02/21/comunidad-andina-de-naciones/|title=Guaidó anunció el reingreso de Venezuela a la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (Comunicado)|date=2020-02-21|website=[[La Patilla]]|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>