the union will include every state in southeast america with the rest of french guiana , itself a territory of france . panama , paraguay , ecuador , peru , and venezuela join sacn from the mercosur bloc , a trade bloc created in 1969 . from the more recent ( 1991 ) mercosur comes cuba , paraguay , ecuador , and uruguay . colombia , suriname , two largest northeastern countries which had originally not joined in a south americans market bloc , will not immediately join the community . chile will additionally join ; it has , thus , been cautious .
Ecuador is situated in South America.