page_title: Mercosur
section_title: Freedom to invest
hierarchical_section_title: Mercosur / Reciprocal promotion and protection / Freedom to invest
caption_attribution_description: Descerramento da sinalização da Ponte Internacional Barão de Mauá como Patrimônio Cultural do MERCOSUL na cidade de Jaguarão/Brasil e Rio Branco/Uruguai; JAGUARÃO-RS; 30/05/2015; Foto:LiadePaula/MinC
context_page_description: Mercosur, Mercosul, or Ñemby Ñemuha, officially Southern Common Market, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 December 2016. Associate countries are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname.
  Mercosur's origins are linked to the discussions for the constitution of a regional economic market for Latin America, which go back to the treaty that established the Latin American Free Trade Association in 1960, which was succeeded by the Latin American Integration Association in the 1980s. At the time, Argentina and Brazil made progress in the matter, signing the Iguaçu Declaration, which established a bilateral commission, which was followed by a series of trade agreements the following year. The Integration, Cooperation and Development Treaty, signed between both countries in 1988, set the goal of establishing a common market, to which other Latin American countries could join.
context_section_description: The nation receiving the investment cannot avail itself of unjustified or discriminatory means capable of restricting the investor's freedom to manage, maintain, use, enjoy and dispose of its investments.
caption: Brazil–Uruguay international border
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