Political Outcomes: "Paraguay suspended from MERCOSUR".

Fernando Lugo was impeached by Paraguay's congress a week ago, prompting
Mercosur to suspend the country's membership.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/30/paraguay-suspended-mercosur

Summary of the Article:

The MERCOSUR is an economic agreement/political agreement between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela however Paraguay has been kicked out from this group, but expected to return in 2014, due to the fact that the President was impeached because of a land eviction that killed 17 people clashing between landless peasants and police. This resulted into the democratic order being broken, however no sanctions were forced onto Paraguay, and they are said to return in 2014.

• Paraguay removed from MERCOSUR group, but expected to return in 2014

• 17 people killed in land eviction from former President Fernando Lugo

• President Fernando Lugo impeached and removed from congress, resulting in a temporary removal from the MERCOSUR group until restoration is complete.

My Thoughts:

The MERCOSUR is a great political/economic agreement between these countries, and it opens up and brings trade closer together between Europe. It's kind of like the European Union and other organizations, because it brings Europe's trading industry closer together. I think that they made a good decision in removing Paraguay temporarily because if they kept Paraguay in the agreement it would cause some conflict and put a bad reputation on the group. I think it's necessary because since their president was removed for evicting innocent landowners, the new president could use some time to bring his country back into place, before they are taken into the MERCOSUR group once again, however since they are gone now, and Venezuela wasn't a serious member of the group, I think that they also made a good decision in giving Venezuela the spot of being a permanent member in the group.